Article 475MV Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales

Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales

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Adam Vaughan
from Environment | The Guardian on (#475MV)

Japanese giant unable to agree deal with UK as fears grow for Anglesey atomic plant

Hitachi has scrapped plans to build a nuclear power station in Wales, becoming the second firm in two months to abandon a major nuclear project and triggering "a full-blown crisis" for the UK energy's strategy.

The 16bn Wylfa plant on Anglesey was meant to be the next in a line of new nuclear plants behind Hinkley Point C but the Japanese conglomerate failed to reach a deal with the UK government.

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