Wylfa
Summary
- Operator/Licensee: Magnox Limited
- Parent body organisation: Energy Solutions Inc
- Type of site: Operational
- Location: Anglesey, North Wales
Background
Wylfa is an operational power station on a 20.79 hectare site on the north coast of Anglesey between Holyhead and Amlwch. Construction of Wylfa power station and its reactors, the largest of their type, commenced in 1963 and started supplying electricity to the grid in 1971.
The site has two Magnox design nuclear reactors and four turbine generators. It meets more than 40% of Wales' electricity needs and on a typical day, the station supplies 23 million kilowatt hours of electricity, enough to meet the needs of a city, twice the size of Liverpool and Manchester combined.
Wylfa’s primary objective at the site as the tier 1 management and operations contractor is to continue to generate electricity to the national grid for public consumption as well as maximise economic return, while maintaining a safe and secure working environment. At the same time, Magnox Limited is preparing the power station for a seamless transition to the defuelling phase, the start of the power station’s decommissioning programme.
Magnox Limited is the management and operations contractor responsible for the day-to-day operation of the site under contract to the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority.