Source · Select Committees · Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 14
14
Deferred
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New nuclear development at Wylfa remains uncertain without further concrete government commitment.
Recommendation
While we welcome what feels like small steps in the right direction towards new nuclear at Wylfa, we do still question how much further down the path we are now to seeing a successful development than we were when Hitachi withdrew from the site. There will remain risks associated with both the UK and Welsh Governments’ political commitment to nuclear power and we believe the UK Government needs 28 Nuclear energy in Wales to make further commitments within this Parliament. Our overarching view is that new nuclear at Wylfa is not certain despite progress being made and more concrete commitment is required to deliver a project at Wylfa.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the need for settled policy and will develop a new National Policy Statement and consult on future nuclear siting this year, but states no decisions have been made on which technologies or sites, including Wylfa, will proceed.
Paragraph Reference:
73
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 7 July 2023. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗