HEYSHAM 2’s new station director John Munro is taking over the nuclear site’s top job, seven years after joining the management team.

John returned to the nuclear industry in 2009 after leaving Torness power station, near Edinburgh, in 2004 to start his own property business in Cyprus.

After taking on a series of management roles at Heysham 2, most recently as plant manager, John took over from Alan Oulton on August 4.

John said: “I am delighted and very proud to be taking on this role. It has been an ambition of mine since I began working at the station."