Case ref: MLA/2019/00073
Licence ref: L/2019/00325/1

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Project description

Heysham 1 & 2 dredging activities
The cooling water intake area, which, along with the outlying harbour, is periodically required to be dredged to maintain cooling water flows to both Heysham 1 and Heysham 2 Nuclear Power Station, via Main Cooling Water and Emergency Cooling Water/ Reactor Sea Water intakes locted in the Heysham harbour area.
The licence is for maintenance dredging activities to be carried out in the period 2019- 2029. The amount that may need to be removed is approximately 75,000 m3/ year (105,000 dry tonnes/140,000 wet tonnes). Dredging acitivities will be carried out as required by the licencee, with prior approval from the Harbour Authority. This is a continuation of previous maintenance dredging regimes and usually undertaken over two to three campaigns per year.

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Applicant details

Mr   Ryan Surrage / 01524 863262 / ryan.surrage@edf-energy.com
EDF NUCLEAR GENERATION LTD-HESHAM / HEYSHAM 1 POWER STATION HEYSHAM MORECAMBE / LA3 2XQ
20-FEB-2019
01-APR-2019
27-SEP-2019
Completed
(Discharging conditions)