Calls have been made for a “discontinuation fund” to support communities in the north of Anglesey following a decision to suspend plans for a new nuclear plant in the area. Councillors in Amlwch have described the delay or potential scrapping of the multi-billion-pound Wylfa Newydd development as a “human tragedy”, after many hoped it would bring an economic revival to the area. The plant was set to be built less than six miles from the town and to create 850 permanent jobs in the area, which was decimated economically following the end of energy production at the former Magnox reactor in 2015 and the closure of Amlwch’s Octel bromine works in 2005.
North Wales Chronicle 25th Jan 2019 read more »