CWMNI EGINO - AN INTRODUCTION

Trawsfynydd has a nuclear heritage extending back over 60 years to the building and opening of the existing power station in 1965. The Trawsfynydd station generated 69 terawatt-hours (TWh) of low carbon electricity over 26 years of operation and employed many hundreds of people on site at peak. It stopped generating electricity in 1991 and decommissioning has been ongoing since 1993.

There is now an exciting opportunity to bring new nuclear technology to the site to create jobs, boost economic activity and promote social benefits for the local community, the wider North Wales region and further afield in the UK.

As the project development company for the site, Cwmni Egino is putting together detailed proposals for the deployment of Small Modular Reactor technology at Trawsfynydd, with the aim of getting approval to build by the latter part of the decade. As well as create growth locally, regionally and nationally, this will generate clean, reliable electricity to help meet increasing energy demands, reduce dependency on fossil fuels, and contribute towards decarbonisation in the fight against climate change.