Fresh blow for nuclear power sector workers as another scheme is shelved
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In another blow for the stalling UK nuclear energy sector, Horizon Nuclear Power has announced it will be ceasing its activities to develop two new power station projects in the UK.
The decision not to go ahead with building new power stations at Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey and at Oldbury on Severn, in South Gloucestershire, following a decision by Japanese giant Hitachi to pull out of the scheme, means a predicted 9,000 jobs will now not be created.
Hitachi announced it will end business operations on the nuclear power plant construction project at Wylfa, which was suspended in January 2019.