UK Picks Wylfa for First Small Modular Reactors: Over £2.5 Billion, 3,000 Peak Jobs, 3 Initial Units
The UK government announced on November 13, 2025, that Wylfa on Anglesey in North Wales has been selected to host the UK's first small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power station. The project will be built by publicly owned Great British Energy-Nuclear, with Rolls-Royce SMR as designer, subject to final contract.
The government said the investment of over £2.5 billion is expected to support up to 3,000 good jobs in the local community at peak construction. The initial project will be for 3 SMR units, while the site could potentially host up to 8 units. The SMRs are expected to deliver power for the equivalent of around 3 million homes.
Great British Energy-Nuclear will start activity on the site in 2026, with the ambition for Wylfa's SMRs to be supplying power to the grid from the mid-2030s. The delivery body has also been tasked with reporting back by Autumn 2026 on potential sites for a further large-scale nuclear project.
Source: UK Government
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图中是位于Anglesey的Wylfa核电站厂址，英国政府已选定在此建设首批小型模块化反应堆。Wikimedia Commons — David Dixon, geograph.org.uk, CC BY-SA 2.0
