Japanese conglomerate Bechtel has joined forces with US construction group Hitachi to submit a proposal to build a nuclear power station in Wales, UK. This proposal is a rival to the bid put forward by French electricity company EDF, who have plans to build a nuclear reactor at Hinckley Point C on the Wylfa site, Wales, that is worth £10bn. Bechtel is still discussing the issue of financial subsidies for this new power station with the UK government; in addition, it is waiting for their reactor design to receive the stamp of approval. However, if an agreement is reached with the UK government, the Japanese company hopes to have the existing 2,700MW reactors fully operational by 2025. Furthermore, they will be aided in this by their tried and tested reactor design that has been shown to work in several domestic projects such as this.
Japanese conglomerate Hitachi has joined forces with US construction group Bechtel to submit a proposal to build a nuclear power station in Wales, UK. This proposal is a rival to the bid put forward by French electricity company EDF, who have plans to build a nuclear reactor at Hinckley Point C on the Wylfa site, Wales, that is worth £10bn. Hitachi is still discussing the issue of financial subsidies for this new power station with the UK government; in addition, it is waiting for their reactor design to receive the stamp of approval. However, if an agreement is reached with the UK government, the Japanese company hopes to have the existing 2,700MW reactors fully operational by 2025. Furthermore, they will be aided in this by their tried and tested reactor design that has been shown to work in several domestic projects such as this.