Hartlepool R1 Restart

 

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RNS Number : 2178M 
British Energy Group PLC 
26 January 2009 
 

26 January 2009 
British Energy Group plc 
Boiler Closure Unit ("BCU") Update - Hartlepool Reactor 1 return to service 
 
 
British Energy Group plc ("the Company") is pleased to announce that Hartlepool 
Reactor 1 has synchronised to the National Grid, having made engineering 
modifications and received the necessary consent from the Nuclear Installations 
Inspectorate ("NII") to return the unit to service.  The unit has been out of 
service for an extended period of time and therefore a comprehensive return to 
service programme will be followed over the coming days. 
 
 
Following completion of the engineering modification work and upon receipt of 
the necessary regulatory clearance, the Company expects to return the other 
reactor at Hartlepool power station and the two reactors at Heysham 1 power 
station to service in a phased process over the coming weeks. 
 
 
Contacts: 
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| Andrew Dowler          | 020 7831 3113          | (Media Enquiries)      | 
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| Andrew Page            | 020 7266 8397          | (Investor Relations)   | 
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Notes to editors 
 
 
BCUs are unique to Hartlepool and Heysham 1 power stations. There are eight BCUs 
on each reactor which form part of the reactor pressure boundary. Each BCU is 
pre-stressed with nine layers of wire windings, wound around its outer 
periphery. 
 
 
Following the discovery of a broken wire during planned inspections of the BCUs 
in October 2007, the units at Hartlepool and Heysham 1 power stations were taken 
out of service. A detailed inspection programme has been undertaken to confirm 
the condition of the BCUs, and engineering modifications developed to address 
the issue. 
 
 
 
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