MPhil visit to Sizewell

Masters Student Visits
Written By Lynne Dickens

On Monday 8 January, the Cambridge MPhil students in Nuclear Energy welcomed the new year by braving the snowy winds of the North Sea to visit the UK's own and only pressurised water reactor in Sizewell.

MPhil students at Sizewell

MPhil students visiting the nuclear reactors at Sizewell

As we entered the premises of the site while waiting for our tour guides, the cohort had the opportunity to exchange with the interactive activities dedicated to the wider public such as testing different shielding materials and their response to a small dose of radioactive material.

The visit then continued with a wider outdoor tour of the power plant, with a strong emphasis on the defence in depth safety systems put in place in Sizewell B. From the first outdoor steps, we were faced by a stone with EDF's prime mission, ‘Safety is our priority’. These set-in stones safety principles managed to generate enough carbon free electricity to meet the needs of the entirety of East England for the past 26 years.

Our enthusiastic and passionate tour guides then showed us to one of the most impressive parts of the visits (and not only because it was inside): the steam turbines. Armed with gloves, safety glasses and strong ear protection, we entered the room where around 2MW of the UK's national grid is produced. From the gigantic superconductors to the speed and vibrations of the turbine, the students had the opportunity to discover the materialisation of the nuclear electricity systems some of us first just encountered a few months ago.

The visit then ended with an insight to the control room simulator where nuclear operators are regularly trained to become familiar with the diverse safety procedures put in place at the nuclear reactor.

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