Wylfa identified as site for mega-nuclear power station

Wylfa is home to a Magnox nuclear power station that is being decommissioned. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) said a new project would revive the nuclear history of Wylfa and bring thousands of jobs and investment to the area.

“We welcome the government’s engagement with potential partners internationally, and we urge them to move forward at pace,” said Tom Greatrex chief executive of the Nuclear Industry Association. “A large-scale project at Wylfa would be the single biggest inward investment in Welsh history, and a huge step towards both energy security and net zero for the whole country.”

Great British Nuclear - tasked with delivering the world’s fastest small modular reactor competition - recently secured Wylfa and Oldbury-on-Severn in Gloucestershire as two possible sites for new nuclear projects.

In a statement, secretary of state for energy security and net zero Claire Coutinho, said: “Anglesey has a proud nuclear history and it is only right that, once again, it can play a central role in boosting the UK’s energy security.