Horizon Nuclear Power, Wylfa B New Build

Originally Bow Bidco Wylfa Limited was the JV company established to enter the initial process of bidding for the land adjacent to the current Wylfa Nuclear Power Station on Anglesey.

Having successfully secured the required plot for building a new reactor, the RWE NPower and E.On JV is now setting up this new company.

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It is expected that the new corporate headquarters of the JV will be near Gloucester.

At this stage no final decision has been made as to which reactor design the venture will commission for the two potential sites of Wylfa and Oldbury, which are currently subject to the UK Government Strategic Site Assessment (SSA) process.

There is a competitive tender process being undertaken to evaluate the technical and commercial considerations with both the potential reactors, designed by Toshiba Westinghouse and Areva.

According to Alan Raymant, COO of Horizon Nuclear Power, technical teams from both E.On and RWE are already working on the evaluation process so that a final decision can be made on the preferred reactor supplier early in 2010.

It is worth noting, however, that RWE Npower has already completed an agreement for using three 1200 MWe connections at Wylfa on Anglesey, given that the Toshiba Westinghouse AP 1000 reactor conforms to this specification.

Horizon Nuclear Power will build on the preliminary consultations carried out by RWE Npower with stakeholders in the communities around Cemaes and further out on Anglesey. The testing of land at Wylfa for ecological and environmental purposes has already begun.

Over the coming months and years, as Wylfa new build makes progress readers will be able to return here to catch up with the latest developments.

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