Hartlepool R1 Restart
January 26 2009 - 2:28AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2246M
Lake Acquisitions Limited
26 January 2009
26 January 2009
Lake Acquisitions Limited
The "Hartlepool R1 Restart" announcement for Lake Acquisitions Limited released
on 26 January 2009 at 07:10 under RNS No 2186M has been re-released to
facilitate onward transmission by third party vendors.
The announcement is unchanged and is reproduced in full below.
Boiler Closure Unit ("BCU") Update - Hartlepool Reactor 1 return to service
Lake Acquisitions Limited ("the Company") notes 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:
+-----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------+
| Sue Fletcher | 01355 846282 | (Media Enquiries) |
+-----------------+----------------+-------------------------------------+
| Andrew Page | 020 7266 8397 | (Investor Relations - Nuclear Power |
| | | Notes) |
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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.
This information is provided by RNS
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