Trawsfynydd nuclear power station

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Trawsfynydd nuclear power station (Welsh: Atomfa Trawsfynydd) is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be built inland, with cooling water that was taken from the artificial Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir which also supplies the hydro-electric Maentwrog power station. It was closed in 1991 and is undergoing decommissioning by Nuclear Restoration Services, a process originally projected to take almost 100 years.. While the Welsh government initially explored redevelopment via small modular reactors (SMRs) in 2021, the UK's Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) selected Wylfa over Trawsfynydd for its first SMR phase in 2025 due to site constraints. Consequently, current site activity focuses on a £70 million programme to reduce the height of the reactor buildings (commenced 2025) and the development of an Innovation, Business and Skills Centre approved...

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