Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station
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For the original, see Wylfa Nuclear Power Station.
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.
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Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station (WND) | |
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Country | Wales, United Kingdom |
Location | Anglesey |
Coordinates | 53.417°N 4.483°W / 53.417; -4.483 |
Status | Cancelled |
Construction cost | £15 Billion |
Owner(s) | Horizon Nuclear Power |
Operator(s) | Horizon Nuclear Power |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | UK ABWR |
Reactor supplier | Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy |
Power generation | |
Units planned | 2 |
Nameplate capacity | 2.7 GW |
External links | |
Website | https://www.horizonnuclearpower.com/our-sites/wylfa-newydd |
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Hitachi withdrew from the project in September 2020.