Nuclear Power Plant: Wylfa
Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Contributions
Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater) (Con)Conservative
8. What the Government’s policy is on the proposed nuclear power plant at Wylfa.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales (Dame Nia Griffith)Labour
Nuclear energy can play an important role in helping to achieve energy security and clean power, while providing thousands of skilled jobs. Great British Nuclear has acquired the Wylfa site with a view to developing a new nuclear project. Decisions on the project and the technologies to be deployed at Wylfa will be made in due course.
The last Government announced the biggest expansion in nuclear power for 70 years, including the commissioning of Hinkley Point C in Somerset. Does the Minister agree that a new nuclear power plant at Wylfa is vital to the UK’s energy security, and can she give a timeline for its development?
As a previously designated nuclear site that has hosted nuclear power, Wylfa is ideally placed either to be used for large-scale nuclear, or to be used for a series of small modular reactors. We will be setting out our plans for the site in due course.
Source: UK Parliament Hansard API. Debate ID: 4725361.