A US–Japan joint venture is to build Wylfa Newydd, the nuclear power station planned for Anglesey, North Wales, a report, dated on 20 May, states on www.globalconstructionreview.com.
Horizon Nuclear Power, a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., announced that Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe, Bechtel and JGC Corporation (UK) would be responsible for building the plant.
Malcolm Twist, project director, said: “All the partners are proven at the highest level … we expect to begin firming up relationships with our main sub-contractors—many of them British—very soon”.