Welcoming the news that Wylfa on Ynys Môn has been chosen as the site for the UK’s first SMRs, Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive of the Nuclear Industry Association, said:
“Bringing nuclear back to Wylfa is a historic moment for Wales and for the UK’s clean energy future.
“Wylfa’s revival offers a once-in-a-generation opportunity to deliver clean, reliable power for decades to come, create thousands of skilled jobs, attract major investment, and revitalise North Wales’s proud industrial heritage.
“With Great British Energy-Nuclear and Rolls-Royce SMR leading the way, the project will bring lasting economic and social benefits to the communities that have long been at the heart of our energy story.
“We look forward to working with government, local partners and industry to make Wylfa’s return a lasting success.”
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Dywedodd Tom Greatrex, Prif Weithredwr Cymdeithas y Diwydiant Niwclear:
“Mae dod â niwclear yn ôl i Wylfa yn foment hanesyddol i Gymru ac i ddyfodol ynni glân y DU.
“Mae adfywiad Wylfa yn cynnig cyfle unwaith mewn cenhedlaeth i ddarparu ynni glân a dibynadwy am ddegawdau i ddod, creu miloedd o swyddi sgiliedig, denu buddsoddiad sylweddol, ac adfywio treftadaeth diwydiannol balch yng Ngogledd Cymru.
“Gyda Great British Energy-Nuclear a Rolls-Royce SMR yn arwain y ffordd, bydd y prosiect yn dod â buddion economaidd a chymdeithasol parhaol i’r cymunedau sydd ers amser maith wedi bod wrth galon ein stori ynni.
“Edrychwn ymlaen at weithio gyda llywodraethau Prydain a Chymru, partneriaid lleol a’r diwydiant i wneud y prosiect yn lwyddiant parhaol.”
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