When Vincent de Rivaz, the CEO of EDF Energy, retired last year I was tasked with following him around as he toured Heysham 1&2 Power Stations for the last time.

The only pressure shot (according to my long standing EDF client) was the moment he revealed the name of the restored railway engine working on the site. I love the shot. Not only for the wonderful motion blur of the velvet cloth, but also for the lighting which I had moments to put in place in a dark engine shed that would otherwise have looked nothing like this.

​Vincent was visibly taken aback, as had no prior knowledge that his name was to adorn the shunter. A nice moment to witness, and another great image captured as he placed one hand on his heart and looked to the skies.

EDF's Heysham 2 Power Station in Lancashire has just ended a world record breaking run of 940 days of continuous operation and I was their chosen photographer allowed into the control room to witness and record the switch off.

Previously the longest running continuos days for a reactor had been in Canada, and they had held it for the last 22 years.

Heysham's reactor is now undergoing a planned maintenance program.


For more info: media.edfenergy.com