Control Room Heysham Power Station

Our heysham site is unique to the business as it is our only location to have two operating nuclear power stations.

Control room heysham power station. From a freshly made cup of tea on arrival the tour was conducted seamlessly. It is free and suitable for all ages and interests. Heysham power station is a nuclear power station in heysham lancashire england operated by edf energy the site is divided into two separately managed stations heysham 1 and heysham 2 both with two reactors of the advanced gas cooled reactor agr type. We visited the control room where there were thousands of buttons to control the 2 reactors at heysham 2 stopped off at the viewing platform to take a look at the reactors in action and then wandered through the turbine plant where the power is created to turn the reactors it was incredibly noisy in here therefore we had to wear our ear.

This visit will take at least two hours. Heysham is the only site in the uk to have two operating nuclear power stations. Ignalina nuclear power plant simulation experience. Mark lees station director at heysham 2 power station said.

Giles kay reactor type. In 2010 the british government announced that heysham was one of the eight sites it considered suitable for future nuclear power stations. Mark lees station director at heysham 2 power station said. Heysham nuclear power station tour heysham.

Heysham 1 is a nuclear power station on the north west coast of england near lancaster. All reviews security clearance control room turbine hall power station edf energy explained everything well worth a visit electricity julie rods flask knowledge. She was also allowed to turn off a reactor although only in heysham 2 s control room training simulator. 2 advanced gas cooled reactors total supply to the national grid.

The visitor centre which opened in july 2013 has an interactive exhibition to help visitors understand more about nuclear power generation and. She was also allowed to turn off a reactor although only in heysham 2 s control room training simulator. Our visitor centre supports both sites with tours taking place on heysham 2. Thank you julie for a knowledgeable and informative tour you really know your stuff.

Carbon dioxide gas co2 start of construction. We also allowed the crew into our actual control room to film the shutdown of one of our reactors ahead of its statutory maintenance outage which hadn t happened before. See 40 reviews articles and 7 photos of heysham nuclear power station tour ranked no 2 on tripadvisor among 6 attractions in heysham. Just back from an amazing tour of heysham power station which was enhanced by the tour guide julie.

We also allowed the crew into our actual control room to film the shutdown of one of our reactors ahead of its statutory maintenance outage which hadn t happened before. Control room 9 reviews.