UK government ‘working on’ sites for nuclear plants amid reports of Wylfa talks

Energy department says location in Wales, which is owned by Hitachi, is among those being considered

The UK government has said it is working on making sites available for new nuclear power stations, amid reported talks with the owner of the Wylfa facility in north Wales.

Hitachi owns the site on the island of Anglesey or Ynys Mon, but its future has been uncertain since 2020, when the Japanese company formally abandoned its own effort to build a new reactor there after failing to agree financial support with the government.