Heysham Nuclear Power Plant

Heysham Nuclear Power Plant
Heysham Nuclear Power Plant
location
Coordinates	54 ° 1 '44 "  N , 2 ° 54' 58"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 1 '44 "  N , 2 ° 54' 58"  W.
Country:	United Kingdom
Data
Owner:	British Energy
Operator:	British Energy
Project start:	1970
Commercial operation:	April 1, 1989
Active reactors (gross):	4 (2,610 MW)
Energy fed in in 2006:	17,232 GWh
Energy fed in since commissioning:	274,730 GWh
Was standing:	July 25, 2007
The data source of the respective entries can be found in the documentation .

The Heysham Nuclear Power Plant is located in Heysham in Lancashire , England , United Kingdom .

There are two power plants (Heysham A and B) with two power plant blocks each on the site of the nuclear power plant . All four reactors are EGR with a total installed electrical output of 2490  MW . Heysham A was first synchronized with the network in 1983 and is expected to operate until 2019 ^[obsolete] . Heysham B was first synchronized with the grid in 1988 and is expected to operate until 2023 .

The power plant operator is EDF Energy (until 2008: British Energy ). British Energy planned to build eight more nuclear power stations in 2008, including in Heysham.

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Data of the reactor blocks

The Heysham Nuclear Power Plant has a total of four blocks :

Reactor block	Reactor type	net power	gross power	start of building	Network synchronization	Commercial operation	switching off processing
Heysham-A1	EGR	585 MW	625 MW	December 01, 1970	07/09/1983	04/01/1989	( Planned for 2024 )
Heysham-A2	EGR	575 MW	625 MW	December 01, 1970	10/11/1984	04/01/1989	( Planned for 2024 )
Heysham-B1	EGR	620 MW	680 MW	08/01/1980	07/12/1988	04/01/1989	( Planned for 2030 )
Heysham-B2	EGR	620 MW	680 MW	08/01/1980	11/11/1988	04/01/1989	( Planned for 2030 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ telegraph.co.uk: Eight new nuclear power stations planned for England of July 13, 2008
2. ↑ Power Reactor Information System of the IAEA : "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Nuclear Power Reactors" (English)
3. ↑ https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/heysham-1
4. ↑ https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/heysham-1
5. ↑ https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/heysham-2
6. ↑ https://www.edfenergy.com/energy/power-stations/heysham-2

Web links

• EDF Energy: Heysham 1 (official website)
• EDF Energy: Heysham 2 (official website)
• Plague: Heysham (Great Britain)

Commons : Heysham Nuclear Power Plant  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

See also

• List of EGR