A nuclear body from the UK has backed plans to develop a new small-scale nuclear project in north Wales. On Tuesday it was announced that the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cwmni Egino to support their development of a new small-scale nuclear project in Trawsfynydd, Gwynedd.
This will mean that the NDA will be able to share information and expertise around the characteristics of its land in Trawsfynydd, to align the decommissioning plans and site activities with the new nuclear project, and to support Cwmni Egino with stakeholder engagement and developing socio-economic plans.
In May of this year the former prime minister Boris Johnson announced at the Conservative party conference in Powys that Wales was set to get two new nuclear plants – one in Trawsfynydd and one in the Wylfa site on Anglesey. Meanwhile Rolls-Royce has been developing plans for a new type of small modular nuclear power station.
