Hitachi scraps £16bn nuclear power station in Wales

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

• The role of nuclear power in UK and the alternatives
• Does Hitachi decision mean the end of UK's nuclear ambitions?

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.