Hartlepool

About Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a nuclear power station on the north east coast of England. It is capable of supplying electricity to over 2 million UK homes.

Station Director: Simon Parsons
Reactor type: 2 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
Total supply to the national grid: 1180 MW
Coolant: Carbon dioxide gas (CO2)
Start of construction: 1968
Start of generation: 1983
Estimated end of generation: 2024
People: Approximately 530 full time EDF Energy employees plus over 200 full time contract partners

Power station - Hartlepool

Daily status

Reactor 1

Turbine Generator 1

Offline

-34MW

Shutdown category

Non planned

Expected return to service

7-Oct-16

Status

Unit automatically tripped following indication of poor condensate quality

Next statutory outage

Jan-2018

Reactor 2

Turbine Generator 2

In service

593MW

Status

Nominal full load

Next statutory outage

Aug-2019

Notes

Nominal full load refers to the nominal maximum generation in megawatts from a reactor. The output from a reactor can fluctuate even when at full load for many reasons (e.g. plant conditions, sea water temperatures, operating limits/constraints etc). Where the output of a reactor is reduced by approximately 10% or more of its maximum, the reason for this will be shown. Generation figures are net of any imports into the station and may be negative when a unit is not generating.

Return to service dates are provided to the same accuracy as provided to National Grid under the requirements of the Grid Code and refer to the first full day of operation. Where a return to service date falls within approximately two weeks of the date of this report, the exact date will be shown. Where a return to service date is expected to fall more than two weeks into the future, the week commencing in which a reactor is due to return to service will be indicated (shown as “w/c”).

Additional information on the availability of our nuclear power stations can be found on our REMIT page.

Community

EDF Energy hold regular meetings (Local Community Liaison Council or LCLC) with local people, the media, council and emergency services representatives and local politicians to maintain regular communications about the nuclear site.

The next LCLC is 12 May 2016

Read our latest community report (PDF)

Visit us

Drop into our visitor centre or book a full tour of Hartlepool to see for yourself how we generate nuclear energy.

Our visitor centre has an interactive exhibition where you can find out more about nuclear power generation. We also offer pre-booked tours of the power station and it's all free of charge

Find out more about tours

Contact us

Address:
EDF Energy
Hartlepool power station
Tees Road
Hartlepool
TS25 2BZ

Reception: +44 (0)1429 853535
Media requests: Martyn Butlin, +44 (0)1524 863565
Community requests: Debbie Simpson, +44 (0)1429 853484

Safety and reporting

Our number one priority is safety. Find out about EDF Energy's commitment to Zero Harm.

Find out about safety and reporting

Picture of a map showing Hinkley Point C location

Nuclear New Build projects

We believe that nuclear energy is key to a low-carbon energy future, which are committed to building the power plants of tomorrow.

Learn about nuclear new build

News

Hartlepool Visitor Centre’s first anniversary

Hartlepool, 9 December 2014

Pupils from Eldon Grove Academy school were invited to Hartlepool power station’s Visitor Centre’s first birthday celebrations. Station director Simon Parsons was on hand to cut the cake and meet the youngsters.
Howzat for Hartlepool help

Hartlepool, 3 October 2014

EDF Energy's Sporting Legacy fund supports young cricketers
Hartlepool students get EDF Energy support

Hartlepool, 3 October 2014

Three students from Hartlepool power station's innovative mentoring scheme start degrees with continued EDF Energy support.