Anglesey

The company behind the suspended proposals to develop a nuclear power project on Anglesey involving two Hitachi-GE reactors has poured cold water on media speculation that its Wylfa Newydd site is in the running to host a Rolls-Royce mini nuclear plant – a so-called small modular reactor.

Energy secretary Andrea Leadsom has deferred her decision on a development consent order (DCO) for a stalled nuclear power plant on Anglesey until the end of March next year.

Work on a huge new nuclear power station on Anglesey has been suspended, a move with potentially dire consequences for North Wales’s economy.

Horizon Nuclear Power has submitted a Development Consent Order (DCO) application to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) for its nuclear power station project Wylfa Newydd.