David Fraser Roy

Project Manager @Babcock International Group - Africa

GB

Hartlepool and Heysham Power Stations are two advanced gas-cooled reactors (AGR) both 1,190 megawatts outputs to support the baseline electrical demand by producing 2% of Great Britain\'s peak electricity demand of 60 GW. Construction of Hartlepool and Heysham 1, was undertaken by British Nuclear Design & Construction (BNDC), a consortium backed by English Electric, Babcock & Wilcox and Taylor Woodrow Construction, began in 1970, with the first reactor commencing operations in 1983. However, initial production levels were low, and full commercial operation was only declared in 1989. It was likely to remain in operation until 2024. Its generating capacity is 1150 MWe. The reactors were supplied by National Nuclear Corporation and the turbines by GEC. There were 4 × 17.5 MW auxiliary gas turbines electrical generators on the site, which were first commissioned in January 1977.Heysham 1 shares its reactor design with Hartlepool nuclear power station, which introduced the replaceable 8 pod boiler design. In 2013 a defect was found by a regular inspection in one of the eight pod boilers of unit 1. The reactor resumed operation at a lower output level with the defective pod boiler disabled, until June 2014 when more detailed inspections confirmed a crack in the boiler spine. As a precaution, unit 2 and the sister Hartlepool nuclear power station were also shut down for inspection.Heysham 1, boiler pod unit 1 would operate on 7 out of the 8 boiler pods until a detailed repair strategy has been developed - which has still to be established.

Edinburgh Napier University

PG Dip HRM, Research and Development of Management Skill base.

The Open University

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Forensic Psychology, Forensic Offender Profiling, & Cognitive Interviewing Technique.

The Open University

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Forensic Psychology

University of Strathclyde

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Thermodynamics & Nuclear Engineering