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Access the latest news regarding activities at Sizewell A with articles on the progress we are making on behalf of the NDA including our work with local stakeholders.

Going, going, gone

15 Feb 2008

Sizewell A has been busy identifying opportunities to demonstrate efficiency and innovation as work gets underway to decommission the former power station. Using the existing workforce to ‘self perform’ deplanting activities offers extra value to the site owner, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.

Going, going, gone

Final fuel loaded at Sizewell A

24 Aug 2006

Refuelling on Sizewell A’s nuclear reactors has been completed with the last fuel now loaded into both reactors.

Continued Growth at Sizewell A Plant

10 Aug 2006

Sizewell A Power Station proudly announces the creation of new employment opportunities for the local community, as the station prepares for cessation of generation in December 2006.

Sizewell A gains permission to decommission

25 May 2006

The Nuclear Installations Inspectorate has granted Sizewell A Power Station formal consent to decommission once it ceases electrical generation at the end of this year. This decision follows extensive consultation.

World First at Sizewell

01 Apr 2005

Sizewell A nuclear power station in Suffolk, which has been generating electricity since 1966, has become the first business in the world to be given the highest possible safety and environmental awards by a firm of independent, international risk management consultants.