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Delivering New Nuclear to Ynys Môn

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Virginia at Wylfa
Virginia at Wylfa
Virginia hosting Ministers at Wylfa
Virginia Crosbie Kwasi Kwarteng Simon Hart and Greg Hands
Virginia hosts ministers at the Wylfa site.

I am working hard to deliver a firm commitment to new nuclear at Wylfa from UK Government to give local people a secure and stable future: In its 2022 British Energy Security Strategy the UK Government names Wylfa as a key site for one of its eight proposed new nuclear power plants. This would bring investment of around £20bn for a large-scale plant with additional support for small modular reactors.  Eight thousand construction jobs and 800 steady state quality careers would be created at new Wylfa alongside hundreds more secondary and supply chain jobs. This skilled employment will enable our young people to afford their own homes, stay in their communities and keep the Welsh language and culture alive.

The highlights of my work to keep the dream of Wylfa alive include:

  • Wylfa has been named as a key development site for new nuclear in the British Energy Security Strategy.
  • Five UK Government Ministers have visited Wylfa since 2020 to see the site first-hand and meet local people, including the former Prime Minister, Secretaries of State for BEIS and Wales, and Energy Minister.
  • As a member of the Nuclear (Financing) Bill Committee I was instrumental in putting forward important new legislation to address the financing of new nuclear
  • I have brought key nuclear developers including Bechtel and Rolls-Royce to Wylfa and other local brownfield sites so that they can see the potential opportunities.
  • The Nuclear Energy (Financing) Bill has been enacted to address the financing issues that contributed to Hitachi withdrawal.
  • The UK-wide Future Nuclear Enabling Fund was launched from Wylfa showing how significant the UK Government believes the site to be.

This has been an exciting year for the prospects of Wylfa.  After the disappointment of Hitachi withdrawing from the site early in 2021, later months saw significant progress for its future.

A combination of the war in Ukraine, poor solar and wind generation and a fire in a station bringing electricity into the UK from France made it clear just how fragile our energy security can be.  Shortly before the UK hosted COP26 in Glasgow, the need for diverse but reliable power was a headline topic.  New nuclear became a buzzword in Government and with it came Wylfa.

Wylfa is a very special site, with the space to take both large and small modular reactors which would generate thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of steady-state careers.  I am working with the prospective developers, Bangor University and Grwp Llandrillo Menai to make sure that our young people are primed and ready to take those roles.  In doing so we not only provide a future for our children but also boost our local economy and keep our communities, language and culture alive. 

I have been delighted to see the progress we have made on the nuclear power agenda over the past few months and expect to see more movement over the coming year as the Government presses forward with its Energy Security Strategy. 
 

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KEPCO visit Wylfa

South Korean energy company KEPCO visit Wylfa

Tuesday, 21 November, 2023

Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has shown a high-powered South Korean delegation around the Wylfa nuclear power site as she continues her work to bring investment to the island.

Finland

Visiting Nordic nuclear energy facilities with fellow MPs

Monday, 6 November, 2023

Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has visited the world’s first final repository for spent nuclear fuel on a cross-party MP trip to Finland.

Virginia Crosbie MP newcleo’s UK Managing Director, Andrew Murdoch, and Steve Roberts of Horizon at Wylfa.

Advanced Modular Reactor company newcleo pledges to my Local Jobs for Local People campaign

Tuesday, 31 October, 2023

Advanced Modular Reactor (AMR) company newcleo has pledged to join Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie’s local Jobs for Local People campaign if it invests on the island.

Virginia Crosbie MP with the new Newry kiosk business owners

Virginia Crosbie MP launches Local Jobs for Local People Campaign

Monday, 23 October, 2023

Ynys Môn MP Virginia Crosbie has today launched a Local Jobs for Local People campaign to make the very best of the freeport, green energy and Levelling Up opportunities on the island.

Wylfa

Statement regarding the Prime Minister’s positive words about Wylfa and new nuclear power on Thursday

Friday, 29 September, 2023

“I never count my chickens but new nuclear at Wylfa is something I have campaigned on tirelessly and the comments from the PM this week are both positive and absolutely true.
 

20mph

Holyhead and Anglesey Mail - 20mph in Wales

Wednesday, 27 September, 2023

Cyn i mi fynd i’r brifysgol bu bron i mi farw mewn damwain ffordd ddifrifol. Rwy’n ddiolchgar iawn i’r llawfeddyg gwych – sydd â chartref yma ar Ynys Môn – a fu’n llaw-drin fy wyneb dros gyfnod o ddeng mlynedd.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘆 𝗬𝗻𝘆𝘀 𝗠ô𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

Tuesday, 19 September, 2023

Holyhead is the second busiest roll on, roll off port in the UK and with our new Anglesey Freeport we are at the start of our island's economic renaissance - so rail connectivity is vital especially now the Labour government in Cardiff will not agree to a third Menai crossing.

Wylfa

Holyhead and Anglesey Mail - Nuclear Week in Parliament

Wednesday, 13 September, 2023

Why I wear my nuclear badge with pride

Gan ei bod hi’n wythnos niwclear yn Senedd y DU, mae’n gyfle i mi dynnu sylw at y rhesymau pam rwy’n benderfynol o ddod ag ynni niwclear newydd i Wylfa.

Meeting in Westminster

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗻𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗮𝘁 𝗪𝘆𝗹𝗳𝗮

Thursday, 25 May, 2023

Great to catch up with Heather Bell - Office Director Energy Attaché - from the US Embassy, Energy Department.

We discussed all things nuclear - Great British Nuclear, green taxonomy for nuclear, the nuclear energy (financing) Bill - and the UK Governments plans for:

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝘂𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿

Monday, 22 May, 2023

Fantastic to meet with Matt Tudor, the Director for Strategy and Partnership at the National College for Nuclear in Somerset.

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