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Oldbury 'Set to Lose Out' on Bid to Be Home to New Nuclear Reactors
The UK government favors Wylfa over Oldbury for small modular reactors due to flood risk and economic benefits, with the plant expected to create 900 full-time jobs, officials said.
- On Thursday, the UK Government is expected to confirm approval for small modular reactors at Wylfa nuclear power plant, Anglesey, with North Wales Live reporting an imminent announcement.
- Potential flood concerns at Oldbury site, Gloucestershire elevated Wylfa, Anglesey after ministers weighed sites following a £2.5bn Rolls Royce deal earlier this year.
- The 18-hectare Wylfa site reflects years of local businesses and the local Council engagement, with hopes to provide up to 900 full-time jobs despite past funding failures in 2021 involving Hitachi.
- Approving Wylfa would deliver a massive economic windfall for Anglesey and North Wales, while the US ambassador to the UK, Warren Stephens, urged considering a gigawatt-scale project powering three million homes.
- SMRs are built from factory-manufactured modules and assembled on-site, can power around a million homes, and the Wylfa site has capacity for more than one reactor, but this is just the start of the process.
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It would be an enormous boost for the economy of the region
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