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| Council's 'fight' for new Wylfa | Council's 'fight' for new Wylfa |
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| Anglesey council admits it faces a battle to convince the UK government to build one of the new generation of nuclear power stations on the island. | |
| Council leader Gareth Winston Roberts said talks had already been held with private companies over a new plant. | Council leader Gareth Winston Roberts said talks had already been held with private companies over a new plant. |
| Wylfa at Cemaes Bay is set to close in 2010 with the loss of 1,500 jobs. It is Wales' only remaining nuclear plant. | |
| Anti-nuclear campaigners have insisted a new station on Anglesey was very unlikely. | |
| The ageing Magnox nuclear reactor, is one of the biggest employers on the island, along with its main customer - the smelting plant Anglesey Aluminium - which depends on it. | The ageing Magnox nuclear reactor, is one of the biggest employers on the island, along with its main customer - the smelting plant Anglesey Aluminium - which depends on it. |
| The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) is looking at a plan to extend Wylfa's life by nine months but the council wants a long term replacement. | The Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) is looking at a plan to extend Wylfa's life by nine months but the council wants a long term replacement. |
| UK Business Secretary John Hutton told MPs nuclear power would help secure the UK's future energy supplies and fight climate change. | UK Business Secretary John Hutton told MPs nuclear power would help secure the UK's future energy supplies and fight climate change. |
| The challenge we face now is to make sure Anglesey will be high on the list Gareth Winston Roberts, Anglesey council leader | The challenge we face now is to make sure Anglesey will be high on the list Gareth Winston Roberts, Anglesey council leader |
| Local politicians are behind a Wylfa B, but the assembly government is opposed to any new nuclear stations. | Local politicians are behind a Wylfa B, but the assembly government is opposed to any new nuclear stations. |
| However under current planning regulations, any decision on Wylfa as an existing site would be taken by the UK government rather than in Cardiff Bay. | However under current planning regulations, any decision on Wylfa as an existing site would be taken by the UK government rather than in Cardiff Bay. |
| Speaking on Thursday morning Mr Roberts said; "The government is 10 years behind the times on this, but for us, today, this is important. | Speaking on Thursday morning Mr Roberts said; "The government is 10 years behind the times on this, but for us, today, this is important. |
| "This will allow us to discuss with the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) the possibility of a deal between ourselves, working in partnership with a private company, to have a nuclear power station here on Ynys Mon." | "This will allow us to discuss with the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency (NDA) the possibility of a deal between ourselves, working in partnership with a private company, to have a nuclear power station here on Ynys Mon." |
| There were protests in 1989 when Wylfa B was being discussed | There were protests in 1989 when Wylfa B was being discussed |
| Mr Roberts acknowledged the council would have to fight to get a station as other places in the UK at Sizewell and Hinckley Point were higher up the list. | |
| "The challenge we face now is to make sure Anglesey will be high on the list by talking to the NDA and hopefully to move fast. | "The challenge we face now is to make sure Anglesey will be high on the list by talking to the NDA and hopefully to move fast. |
| "We have discussed this with private companies before now," he added. | "We have discussed this with private companies before now," he added. |
| 'Honest' | 'Honest' |
| But anti-nuclear campaigner the Rev Emlyn Richards said he did not believe for "one moment" that Anglesey would get a new nuclear power station. | But anti-nuclear campaigner the Rev Emlyn Richards said he did not believe for "one moment" that Anglesey would get a new nuclear power station. |
| "Mrs Thatcher, who was good at getting what she wanted, only managed to get one out of the 10 power stations she wanted built," he said. | "Mrs Thatcher, who was good at getting what she wanted, only managed to get one out of the 10 power stations she wanted built," he said. |
| This country should follow America, he added, and be "honest enough" to admit that it cannot get rid of nuclear waste. | This country should follow America, he added, and be "honest enough" to admit that it cannot get rid of nuclear waste. |
| The assembly government has set up Môn Menai, a partnership with other public bodies and the business sector in Gwynedd and Anglesey, to develop an economic strategy for north west Wales ahead of Wylfa's closure. | The assembly government has set up Môn Menai, a partnership with other public bodies and the business sector in Gwynedd and Anglesey, to develop an economic strategy for north west Wales ahead of Wylfa's closure. |