Heysham Power Station

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The Heysham site includes two nuclear power station of the advanced gas-cooled reactor (AGR) type. Each site includes two reactors giving an installed capacity of 2490 MW. This is sufficient to supply six cities the size of Liverpool.

Heysham stage 1 was opened at Heysham near Morecambe in 1983 and is likely to keep running until 2014. Heysham 1 shares its reactor design with Hartlepool and introduced the replaceable pod boiler design.

Heysham stage 2 was opened in 1988 and is estimated to keep running until at least 2023. Heysham 2 shares its reactor design with Torness power station and is a development of the reactor design used at Hinkley point.

The plant operator, British Energy, has suggested that the site would be a good location for a further nuclear power station, though this is opposed by environmental groups such as Greenpeace.

[edit] See also

• Heysham Stage 2 Nuclear Power Station

• Nuclear power in the United Kingdom
• Energy policy of the United Kingdom
• Energy use and conservation in the United Kingdom