Horizon Nuclear Power, a British energy firm and subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., and the Japan Atomic Power Company (JAPC) have signed a technical services contract for the proposed Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant in North Wales, World Nuclear News reported on 7 July.
In the move, Horizon plans to use two advanced boiling water reactors, which would be the first to be used in the UK. The reactors are due to be completed at the end of 2017.
Mamoru Muramatsu, president of JAPC, said the work would utilise many years of operating experience—which began with its Tokai Nuclear Power Plant that was “introduced from the UK”—to “help ensure that Wylfa Newydd is built successfully”.