Heysham nuclear pouer station

Heysham Nuclear Pouer Station is a nuclear pouer station locatit in Heysham, Lancashire, Ingland, operatit bi EDF Energy. The site is dealt intae twa separately-managed stations, Heysham 1 an Heysham 2, baith wi twa reactors o the Advanced Gas-cuiled Reactor (AGR) type. On 18 October 2010, the British govrenment annoonced that Heysham wis ane o the aicht sites it considert suitable for future nuclear pouer stations but it wisnae on the final leet o sax. On 1 August 2016, Heysham 2's Unit 8 broke the warld record for langest conteenous operation o a nuclear generator wioot a shutdown. This record-breaking run exceeds the previous record o 894 days set bi Pickering Nuclear Generating Station's Unit 7 (Lake Ontario, Canadae) in 1994. The reactor haes generatit 13.5 TWh o electricity sae far durin this conteenous operation, takin its lifetime generation tae 115.46 TWh. References