WALES | PAVILION MEET WALES’S NUCLEAR SECTOR AT WNE2021
First power Two units at Trawsfynydd were connected to the grid in October 1968.
NUCLEAR SITES Wales hosts three of the UK’s nuclear power sites. Two have plants in decommissioning: Trawsfynydd and Wylfa, which both had Magnox-type reactors. A third site, Wylfa Newydd, close to the first
Wylfa site, was planned to host a new plant, expected to be Hitachi’s ABWR. The project sought a Development Consent Order but the project was cancelled before that process reached a decision point.
POTENTIAL AND CURRENT NEW REACTOR PROJECTS The Welsh government supports nuclear new-build at the Wylfa Newydd site, whether as a large unit or a series of SMRs.
At Wylfa Newydd we have the best nuclear site in the UK”
Virginia Crosbie MP
Huntingdon Fusion Techniques (HFT) says, “We’ve had great
success recently developing an inflatable tandem purging system capable of withstanding temperatures of up to 250degC for up to 16+ hours whilst the 27” pipe was being pre-heated ready for welding. This was for a nuclear application and this type of equipment is uniquely manufactured by ourselves in the UK.
Lee Bramald is chief executive at Flamgard Engineering Ltd, he
says, “Please come and talk to us with regards to our extensive range HVAC high integrity fire damper and general damper products. We would like to share with you our recent success in providing our equipment on some flagship global nuclear projects.”
Bridgend-based Vessco Engineering Limited, says “Vessco
is currently working on seven projects for Hinkley Point, one for ITER and five other current civil nuclear contracts – talk to us about your pressure equipment requirements.”
Bridgend University says “Talk to us about nuclear opportunities
and innovation and how they fit within the wider low carbon agenda across North Wales and North West England”
It has also taken on Mike Tynan, former head of UK operations at US nuclear engineering group Westinghouse, to lead a new publicly- owned development company charged with exploiting the “economic benefits” of small-scale reactors at Trawsfynydd.
JOIN US AT WNE2021 The UK government’s action to bring forward new nuclear units could be game-changing for Wales. Although Sizewell C is seen as the ‘next of a kind’ follow up to Hinkley Point C, the Wylfa Newydd site on Anglesey in North Wales is generally regarded as the UK’s next most attractive site. The area has a local workforce familiar with the nuclear industry and is close to the original Wylfa reactor, now shut down.
470 MWe
Trawsfynydd and Wylfa are potential sites for the Rolls Royce SMR
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