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At this time, a strategy was also devised to maximise the generation from the remaining fuel stock given that new fuel could no longer be manufactured. This required a change in the distribution of fuel within the reactors, as well as the closure of
Reactor 2 in 2012 to allow this fuel to be transferred into Reactor 1. Reactor 2 ceased generating on 25 April 2012 at 19:02 BST, allowing Reactor 1 to continue to operate. A license extension to operate Reactor 1 until 31 December 2015 was granted in September 2014.
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kg of hydrogen per year. In April 2022, it was announced that Wylfa and
Oldbury sites are candidates for two sets of EPR reactors to be constructed as the UK plans to construct up to eight new reactors this decade. These sites would be part of the next set of plants with the first being Hinkley Point
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Hawthorne, chief executive of Horizon Nuclear Power, said: "...we will take steps to reduce our presence but keep the option to resume development in future". The UK government had been expected to grant a
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ended production of Magnox fuel elements in 2008 due to these plans. In 2010, the NDA announced an extension to 2012, beyond Wylfa's 40th anniversary as a generating power station in
January 2011, due to schedule slippage at Sellafield which would allow Wylfa additional time before final defuelling.
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Reactor 1 was shut down on 30 December 2015. Defueling started in 2016, and was completed in 2019. Defueling and removal of most buildings is expected to take until 2025, followed by a care and maintenance phase from 2025 to 2096. Demolition of reactor buildings and final site clearance is planned
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Associates, critical of the
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protesters took to the streets of
Llangefni, against plans to build a new nuclear power station at Wylfa. The march was organised by organisations including Pobl Atal Wylfa B, Greenpeace and Cymdeithas yr Iaith, which are supporting farmer Richard Jones who is in dispute with Horizon.
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In 2013, Horizon planned initial site work to start at Wylfa in 2015, with building work starting in 2018 and generation starting in the mid-2020s. This timescale was delayed, and
Hitachi planned to make the final investment decision in 2019.
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billion in the new power station. Previously, government policy had been not to invest directly in new nuclear projects. Horizon
Nuclear Power submitted a Development Consent Order application for the Wylfa Newydd project to the
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development consent order in a move to restart the project, but subsequently deferred the decision deadline until 30 September 2020.
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in 1959. Following the closure of Trawsfynydd in 1991, Wylfa became Wales' only nuclear power station.
1596:"Horizon withdraws planning application for Wylfa nuclear project - Nuclear Engineering International"
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on 4 April 2017. In September 2020, parent company Hitachi withdrew from the project. In 2022, the
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This article is about the decommissioned structure. For the proposed replacement, see
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to carry the power cables to protect the conservation worth of the Strait and the
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1407:"Britain's next nuclear plant eyes new funding models"
1326:"Hitachi appoints three further Wylfa Newydd partners"
1285:"Hundreds protest against nuclear power station plans"
1095:"The 2010 UK Radioactive Waste Inventory: Main Report"
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of electricity daily when they were both in service.
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930:"Final shipment of new Magnox fuel"
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902:"Wylfa definitely closing in 2010"
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1724:Wylfa Power Station
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