I previously did a rough calculation about the amount of spent fuel waste that is going to be generated by Sizewell B (see Spent Fuel At Sizewell B). This is my calculation of the amount of spent fuel at Sizewell C if it goes ahead. The waste will be stored at Sizewell until it is possible to store it in a long term waste disposal site – this is unlikely to happen until sometime next century.

Note that I am basing these figures on that produced by the World Nuclear Association. I doubt very much that the capacity factor will be 92% over the lifetime of the reactor. However, it gives an idea of the amount of waste produced. It is more than double that produced by Sizewell B if it operates until 2035 (see Spent Fuel At Sizewell B). This is because they are proposing two plants which are much bigger. On the other side it is proposed that more energy will be produced from a given amount of fuel – what is called the burnup. This reduces the amount of waste for a given amount of electricity supplied. However the waste is a lot ‘hotter’ and will create other problems with storage which I may go into in a post in the future.