WHY NEW NUCLEAR AT

TRAWS?

Extensive research was done by Snowdonia Enterprise Zone to identify potential future uses for the Trawsfynydd site to ensure longterm, well-paid employment for local people in south Gwynedd alongside, and beyond, decommissioning of the existing power station.

Given the site’s heritage, studies have concluded that it is most suited for nuclear development. Following detailed assessments of a number of different options, two projects were confirmed as having the greatest potential to deliver socio-economic benefits, namely small scale nuclear reactors to generate low carbon energy, and a medical research reactor to produce radioisotopes for cancer diagnostics, treatment and research.

Cwmni Egino believes that SMR offers the greatest potential to deliver socioeconomic benefits in the near term.