Hitachi to pull plug on north Wales nuclear power station
by Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies from Environment | The Guardian on (#585AH)
Scrapping of 16bn project on Anglesey down to lack of UK government investment in new nuclear, says union
The Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has conformed it is abandoning plans to build a new nuclear power station on Anglesey, off the coast of north Wales, dashing hopes for thousands of jobs involved in its construction and knocking the UK's ambition to become a net zero carbon" emission country by 2050 off course.
The Tokyo-based multinational said Wednesday it was permanently scrapping plans for the 16bn Wylfa power station.
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