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Heysham

British  
/ ˈhiːʃəm /

noun

  1. a port in NW England, in NW Lancashire. Pop (with Morecambe): 16 136 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Pictures shared with the BBC showed a white cloud in a mushroom shape hanging above the second of two plants in the area, known as Heysham 2.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

As a result, it was announced in 2021 that the closure dates for Torness and Heysham 2 would be brought forward again by two years to 2028.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

Heysham 1 began generating in 1983 followed by Heysham 2 five years later.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 2024

He says that both the Heysham nuclear power station and Sellafield nuclear-fuel-processing plant in the United Kingdom release between 400 and 2,000 terabecquerels of tritium into the ocean each year.

From Scientific American • Jun. 23, 2023

We returned to the station, and later in the day I entertained Robertson and Heysham with the best luncheon I could procure, when for once we drank success to Number Forty in choice vintages.

From Lorimer of the Northwest by Dewey, Alfred James

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