Overview
- Regional outlets report the UK Government is expected to announce approval within days for SMR development at the Wylfa site on Anglesey.
- Recent assessments highlighting potential flooding at Oldbury in South Gloucestershire are cited as shifting priority toward Wylfa.
- An SMR project would likely deliver fewer jobs and less investment than a full-scale plant but reduce construction impacts on residents and tourism.
- Wylfa previously saw a 2021 new-build plan collapse after Hitachi failed to secure a funding deal, and both Wylfa and Oldbury are government-owned sites.
- Local MP Llinos Medi urged clear guidance to unlock investment, while US ambassador Warren Stephens backed designating Wylfa and said private investors are prepared to fund most of the project.