Two Welsh sites have been named on a priority shortlist of four sites for mini-nuclear power stations. Rolls-Royce SMR, supported by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has completed a siting assessment review into the potential options for deploying Rolls-Royce SMR power stations.
Wylfa and Trawsfynydd are both on the shortlist as part of the first phase in a programme of work which is considering siting, collaboration opportunities and the socio-economic benefits of deploying Rolls-Royce SMR units on land within the NDA estate - with other locations across the UK also being evaluated.
The study has identified a range of sites that could host several GW of new, low carbon power. Of these, Rolls-Royce SMR has identified four potential land parcels - two are within the control of the NDA (land at Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd and and neighbouring the Sellafield site) with two others on NDA land leased to a third party (Wylfa on Anglesey and Oldbury). Welsh Government has set up development company Cwmni Egino to secure nuclear investment at Trawsfynydd.
