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Behind target with possibility of recovery
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Safety and Environmental Performance Key

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Wylfa

Wylfa  

Wylfa Power Station
Cemaes Bay
Anglesey
Gwynedd
LL67 0DH

Tel. 01407 733733

Wylfa power station is located on Anglesey in North Wales and has an area of 21 hectares covered by the nuclear site licence. Commencing electricity generation in 1971, it was the last and largest power station of its type to be built in the UK and consequently, radioactive doses during decommissioning are anticipated to be lower than at other sites. The area around the site includes several areas of environmental importance.

Overview

Age Operated since 1971
Site Stakeholder Group Wylfa Site Stakeholder Group
Site Licensee Magnox Limited
Parent Body Organisation Energy Solutions Inc
Status Operational
Cost - Lifetime
(total discounted nuclear liability)
£876m

 * The costs of discharging the nuclear liability will be incurred over a significant period of time. To take account of the time value of money, the costs are "discounted" back to a present value. Effectively this is the amount that would need to be invested today, at a set rate of interest (the discount rate) in order to pay for the liability in the future as it falls due.

Year Key Activities

2091 -
2101

Final site clearance

2025

Site enters Care and Maintenance phase
During this stage the reactor is left to cool. Most of the structures are removed, and the reactor building is left ina safe state which requires minimum supervision, until final site clearance.

2016

Completion of defuelling

2012

Cease generation


Progress against this year's targets

Status as at end Quarter 3 (end December 2011) - next update due April 2012


Spent Fuels

Target Status Commentary

Completion of fuel route projects to facilitate defuelling

On target

On track

Transportation of spent fuel to Sellafield in line with the Magnox Operating Programme (MOP)

On target

Defuelling is being managed within wet stock control limits.

Business Optimisation

Target Status Commentary

Continued electricity generation

On target

On track


Safety and Environmental Performance

Status as at end Quarter 3 (end December 2011) - next update due April 2012

Nuclear Safety
Industrial Safety
Environmental Safety