Great to bring GE-Hitachi (David Powell VP UK and Craig Jones VP UK Corporate team) the North of the island to visit Wylfa.
As Chair of the APPG for SMRs - Small Modular Reactors - I lead the campaign for SMRs.
GE-Hitachi based in Wilmington, North Carolina - shared their vision for 16 BWRX-300 SMR reactors at Wylfa with the first by 2030.
GE-Hitachi have SMR programmes in Canada, US, Estonia and Poland - with Canada due to be up and running by 2028.
This is an ideal opportunity - given their technology is currently deployed in the US/Canada - to broaden operations to include the UK.
GE-Hitachi are looking to hear about their application to the UK Governments ยฃ120m FNEF (which was launched on Anglesey) and for nuclear to be designated green taxonomy like other countries.
David Powell UK Vice President said
โ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ง๐ข ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐-300๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐.โ
Thank you to the Horizon team for the site tour and also the Stena Line team who also took us around the new Stena Line Eco Park in Holyhead where we discussed the significance of Anglesey becoming a Freeport to manufacturers like GE-Hitachi.
GE-Hitachi have big hopes for the Wylfa site and I look forward to welcoming them back to Anglesey again soon.
