Heysham Nuclear Power Station - uses Promat DURASTEEL® The high-performance DURASTEEL ® panels were specified by specialist contractor Dunbar Wallace Fire Protection, for the refurbishment of a pair of Hot Gas Release Doors on the Heysham 1 site in Lancashire. Bedfordshire-based Dunbar Wallace is a licensed installer of Promat DURASTEEL®, and was chosen to refurbish the doors by EDF Energy. “The doors are some 4 metres high and lead into the individual reactor basement area,” explains the company’s Technical Support Engineer, Danny Wallace. “They are designed to seal when shut, and they were already clad with Promat DURASTEEL ® which had given good service for over 20 years. However, the doors provide vital protection for one of the power station’s safety-critical areas, and the t

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