Heysham 2 was due to stop power generation in 2023 after 35 years of operation. Its present end-of-generation date is March 2028. However, EDF aims to generate further from the facility, subject ...

Heysham 2 power station is the focal point of a new documentary providing an access-all-areas peek into nuclear power generation. Produced by plant operator, EDF, and hosted by engineer and ...

Heysham 2 (Image: EDF) The IAEA Operational Safety Review Team (OSART) mission took place in October 2023 at the request of the UK government. The missions - this was the 220th since 1982 - are ...

The Heysham 2 nuclear power station’s Unit 8 in the UK broke a world record for continuous operation of an advanced gas cooled reactor.. Unit 8 has been in operation for 895 days since it was ...

The Heysham 2 nuclear power plant on the northwest coast of England is one of the UK's fleet of advanced gas reactors (AGRs) which came online in the 1970s and 1980s. It features two 620 MWe reactors ...

The expected restart dates of Heysham 1-1, Heysham 1-2 and the Hartlepool 1 and 2 reactors have been pushed back by about a week to March, the firm's outage website page showed.

Heysham 1 is due to stay open until 2026 following a previous extension last year Energy firm EDF has revealed an ambition to extend the lives of its two nuclear power stations in Lancashire even ...

The Heysham 2 nuclear power station in Lancashire is to stop generating electricity two years earlier than planned following a board decision. The site, near Morecambe, and Torness, in East ...

It's been a busy summer for the teams at Heysham power stations, with a maintenance shutdown and also a challenge with the local sub-station which saw the three operating reactors having to shutdown.

British Energy's <BGY.L> Heysham 2-7 nuclear reactor should return to service soon after shutting because of an electrical fault on Tuesday, a spokeswoman for the company said on Thursday.