Nuclear Site Heysham

Base data

  • Country: United Kingdom (Information in PRIS)
  • Coordinates: 54.0290, -2.9160 (latitude, longitude)
  • Information in NNI (No Nukes Inforesource): info
  • Web search results from DuckDuckGo: web-DDG
  • Location in Google maps: local map and regional map
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Plants

Unit Type Thermal
power
Electric
power
Status
(3/2011)
Start-
up
Shut-
down
Accidents
assessed
Results
A1 GCR Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 1510 MW 625 MW in operation 1983 exp. 2019 GSA contamination
and dose
risk per
NPP unit
A2 GCR Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 1510 MW 625 MW in operation 1984 exp. 2019 GSA contamination
and dose
risk per
NPP unit
B1 GCR Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 1600 MW 680 MW in operation 1988 exp. 2023 GSA contamination
and dose
risk per
NPP unit
B2 GCR Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor 1600 MW 680 MW in operation 1988 exp. 2023 GSA contamination
and dose
risk per
NPP unit