Sizewell 'B' is one of two nuclear power stations on the Suffolk coast near the village of Sizewell. Sizewell 'A', its predecessor, is in the process of being decommissioned. Sizewell 'B' is a Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR); the first of its kind to be constructed in the UK. John Laing plc were awarded the contract for the main civil engineering work on 19th May 1987. Sizewell 'B' was completed in 1995, after 8 years of construction, and is operated by EDF Energy.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
This is part of the Series: JLP01/10 John Laing Photographic Collection Colour Negatives and Transparencies; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
Late 20th Century Nuclear Power Station, Engineering, Construction
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