About this event
THIS PRESENTATION IS OPEN TO EIC MEMBERS ONLY
Please note that the site visit is limited to the first 40 bookings only.
EDF Energy is one of the UK’s largest energy companies and its largest producer of low-carbon electricity. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the EDF Group, one of Europe's largest energy groups, we generate around one fifth of the UK's electricity and employ around 15,000 people. We supply electricity and gas to around 5.5 million residential and business customers, making us the biggest supplier of electricity by volume. EDF Energy owns and operates eight nuclear power stations in the UK with a combined capacity of over 9 million kilowatts – electricity that is vital to the UK economy. EDF Energy reported that these 8 UK nuclear power stations produced their highest output for seven years last year (2012).
Torness Power Station is located 30 miles south-east of Edinburgh and houses two advanced gas cooled reactors (AGRs), each housed in a concrete pressure vessel and provide a total generating capacity of 1,400 megawatts. The AGR is a sophisticated and efficient British design , but is unique to seven nuclear stations in the UK. Torness is part of the third and most advanced phase of AGR construction.
Reactor type: AGR
Net electrical output: 1190 MW.
Torness is capable of supplying over 2.5 million homes.
No. of reactors: 2 Built: 1980-1988
Start of generation: 25 May 1988
Output for the year ended 31 December 2011: 9 TWh
Estimated decommissioning date: 2023
SPEAKER
Ian Cathro, Special Projects Manager, EDF Energy
TOPICS
EDF Energy’s nuclear business
Torness Power Station Current work and future supply chain opportunities
Contacts
EDF Torness Special Regulations To comply with the specific requirements of the EDF Energy, Torness site licence and regulations all EIC members planning to attend the site visit must be booked in advance and visitors will be subject to some security clearance processes. Everyone is required to bring photographic identity with you, ie passport, to complete the arrangements prior to going on the tour. Attendees, in this instance, must be EU Nationals.
PROGRAMME
10.30 - 10.55 - Registration
10.55 - 11.00 - Introduction by The EIC (Scotland), Manager
11.00 - 11.45 - Presentation by Ian Cathro, Special Projects Manager, EDF Energy
11.45 - 12.00 - Question & Answer Session
12.15 - 13.00 - Networking Lunch. Make own way from hotel venue to Power station (20 mins est) 13.30 - TBC - Site Tour