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Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station (WND)
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CountryWales, United Kingdom
LocationAnglesey
Coordinates53°25′01″N 4°28′59″W / 53.417°N 4.483°W / 53.417; -4.483
StatusCancelled
Construction cost£15 Billion
Owner(s)Horizon Nuclear Power
Operator(s)Horizon Nuclear Power
Nuclear power station
Reactor typeUK ABWR
Reactor supplierHitachi-GE Nuclear Energy
Power generation
Units planned2
Nameplate capacity2.7 GW
External links
Websitehttps://www.horizonnuclearpower.com/our-sites/wylfa-newydd

Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station, also known as Wylfa B, was a proposed project to construct a 2,700 MWe nuclear power station with two ABWR reactors in Anglesey, Wales.[1] The project was owned by Horizon Nuclear Power which is a subsidiary of Hitachi,[2] who are also the main shareholder in Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy, the supplier of the reactors for the project.

Hitachi withdrew from the project in September 2020.

  1. ^ "WYLFA NEWYDD – ABOUT OUR SITE". Horizon Nuclear Power. Horizon Nuclear Power. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Wylfa B: Hitachi takes over Horizon nuclear project". BBC News. 26 November 2012.

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