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Heysham 2/Torness. A review of AGR development.
| Author | NNC |
| Date | March 1981 |
| Classification | 2.05.9.90/11 (UNITED KINGDOM - OTHER FACILITIES) |
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Heysham 2/Torness New advanced gas-cooled reactors incorporate design improvements With the placing of contracts for the new advanced gas-cooled reactors for Heysham 2, England, and Torness, Scotland, a new British nuclear power programme is underway. The programme includes the first British PWR at Sizewell and envisages ''a future rate of ordering of one nuclear station a year for at least ten years''. In this first article*, the main design features of Heysham and Torness and the way in which components and circuits will operate are described. Civil engineering work has started and commissioning is scheduled for 1987/88. The Heysham Stage 2 and Torness nuclear power stations will have twin 660MWe (nominal) advanced gas-cooled reactors based on the design of those operational at Hinkley B and Hunterston B since 1976. Some design changes have been introduced either to meet enhanced safety requirements which have arisen in the decade since the Hinkley and Hunterston reactors were ordered, or to improve some features in the design, construction and operation of these stations. Experience gained in the design and construction of the Hartlepool and Heysham 1 stations has also been taken into account. The main performanceparameters of the Heysham 2/Torness designs are listed in Table 1. *By the National Nuclear Corporation.
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