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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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Heysham 2 went offline over Christmas due to an issue with the high voltage transmission system run by National Grid.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2025

Two other sites - Hartlepool and Heysham 1 - will continue for an extra year until 2027.

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

Docks at Heysham, Lancashire; and steamship services to Belfast, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 4 "England" to "English Finance" by Various

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