The UK government must take “concrete action” to facilitate the development of a new nuclear power station in Wales, a committee of MPs has argued.
The Welsh Affairs Committee of the House of Commons said on Wednesday, “Concrete commitment by ministers on the future of nuclear energy, and in particular at Wylfa in North Wales, is lacking despite positive policy signals.”
In its latest report, the committee urged the government to secure the financial and land ownership agreements needed for the proposed Wylfa Newydd project to go ahead.
The £20 billion gigawatt-scale development on the Anglesey coastline is said by the report to be vital to the government realising its ambition for nuclear energy to meet up to a quarter of UK electricity demand, around 24GW, by 2050….