Sizewell B Power Station

Sizewell B Power Station
Author: Simon Fullalove
Publisher: Thomas Telford
Total Pages: 78
Release: 1995
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780727720191

The award-winning -u2 billion Sizewell B nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast north east of Ipswich is the UK's first pressurized water reactor (PWR) electricity generation plant. Completed in 1995 it set new design and safety standards for PWR stations and has become a model for future PWR developments both in the UK and overseas. Compared with US designs the Sizewell B reactor design has 10 per cent thicker primary containment and a further 300mm thick secondary containment dome. The five refereed papers in this special issue of ICE Proceedings are written by senior members of the project team and cover the planning, design and construction of the power station together with its 56 m deep diaphragm cut-off wall and 900 m immersed tube cooling water tunnels.

Sizewell B

Sizewell B
Author: Timothy O'Riordan
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1988-06-18
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349079049

The author looks at the context, conduct and content of the Sizewell B Inquiry and suggests how politically charged projects like Sizewell B should be handled in the light of the Sizewell B experience.

Overarching national policy statement for energy (EN-1)

Overarching national policy statement for energy (EN-1)
Author: Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2011-07-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780108510779

This national policy statement (NPS) sets out national policy for the energy infrastructure. A further five technology-specific NPSs for the energy sector cover: fossil fuel electricity generation (EN-2) (ISBN 9780108510786); renewable electricity generation (both onshore and offshore) (EN-3) (ISBN 9780108510793); gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines (EN-4) (ISBN 9780108510809); the electricity transmission and distribution network (EN-5) (ISBN 9780108510816); and nuclear power generation (EN-6) (ISBN 9780108510823). An Impact assessment is also available (ISBN 9780108510830). The NPSs have effect on the decisions by the Infrastructure Planning Commission on application for energy developments. This statement outlines the Government's objectives for the power sector in order to meet its energy and climate change strategy. It sets out the need for new energy infrastructure and the assessment principles and generic impacts.

Meeting the energy challenge

Meeting the energy challenge
Author: Great Britain: Department of Trade and Industry
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2007-05-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780101712422

There are two main energy challenges: tackling climate change by reducing carbon dioxide emissions; and ensuring clean and affordable energy as the country becomes increasingly dependent on imported fuel. These challenges have to be met against the backdrop of rising fossil fuel prices; slower than anticipated liberalisation of the EU energy markets; heightened awareness of the risk arising from remaining oil and gas reserves being concentrated in a few geographical regions; and a need for substantial new investment in power stations, the electricity grid and gas infrastructure. This White Paper sets out the Governments international and domestic strategy to address these challenges and ways to implement the Energy Review of 2006 and the 2006 Pre-Budget Report. There is a separate consultation document on nuclear power.

The proposals for national policy statements on energy

The proposals for national policy statements on energy
Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Energy and Climate Change Committee
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 604
Release: 2010-03-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780215545206

proposals for national policy statements on Energy : Third report of session 2009-10, Vol. 2: Oral and written Evidence

National policy statement for nuclear power generation (EN-6)

National policy statement for nuclear power generation (EN-6)
Author: Great Britain: Department of Energy and Climate Change
Publisher: The Stationery Office
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2011-07-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780108510823

This national policy statement (NPS) sets out national policy for nuclear power generation. A further five technology-specific NPSs for the energy sector cover: national policy for the energy infrastructure (EN-1) (ISBN 9780108510779); fossil fuel electricity generation (EN-2) (ISBN 9780108510786); renewable electricity infrastructure (EN-3) (ISBN 9780108510793); gas supply infrastructure and gas and oil pipelines (EN-4) (ISBN 9780108510809); and the electricity transmission and distribution network (EN-5) (ISBN 9780108510816). An impact assessment is also available (ISBN 9780108510830). The NPSs have effect on the decisions by the Infrastructure Planning Commission on application for energy developments. This statement outlines the Government's objectives for the power sector in order to meet its energy and climate change strategy. It sets out the need for new energy infrastructure and the assessment principles and generic impacts

How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor

How to Drive a Nuclear Reactor
Author: Colin Tucker
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2020-01-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3030338762

Have you ever wondered how a nuclear power station works? This lively book will answer that question. It’ll take you on a journey from the science behind nuclear reactors, through their start-up, operation and shutdown. Along the way it covers a bit of the engineering, reactor history, different kinds of reactors and what can go wrong with them. Much of this is seen from the viewpoint of a trainee operator on a Pressurised Water Reactor - the most common type of nuclear reactor in the world. Colin Tucker has spent the last thirty years keeping reactors safe. Join him on a tour that is the next best thing to driving a nuclear reactor yourself!