{"id":706527,"date":"2026-07-23T05:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706527\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T05:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T05:22:20","slug":"hartlepool-nuclear-power-station-and-heysham-1-get-two-more-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/706527\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartlepool nuclear power station and Heysham 1 get two more years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Two nuclear power stations will continue to generate electricity for two more years than previously announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In the latest of multiple extensions, operator EDF said Hartlepool Power Station and Heysham 1 in Lancashire would run until March 2030, two years longer than a previous estimate of 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">EDF said it took the decision after a &#8220;detailed review&#8221; of the condition of the boilers and the graphite cores as well as supply chain resilience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, Tom Greatrex, said: &#8220;The significance of this cannot be understated, given the UK&#8217;s exposure to volatile gas prices and the need to protect households by providing baseload power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both stations were brought online in 1983 and were expected to generate electricity for about 25 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">EDF took over the UK&#8217;s nuclear fleet in 2009 and extended the site&#8217;s operating lifetime estimate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4gzg8knp6go\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">multiple times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Greatrex added: &#8220;Today&#8217;s announcement is also a reminder that, as our existing fleet approaches retirement, we must move at pace on new nuclear.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two nuclear power stations will continue to generate electricity for two more years than previously announced. In the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-706527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}