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Horizon Nuclear Power has appointed\u00a0Bechtel as project management contractor for its \u00a315bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant in north Wales.<\/p>\n

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Bechtel will oversee the project and\u00a0lead\u00a0on contractual and commercial matters with the supply chain\u00a0on behalf of developer Horizon, which said the appointment would enable work \u201cto move into the next phase\u201d.<\/p>\n

The engineer already has nearly 200 personnel working with Horizon\u00a0as part of its existing role as\u00a0EPC contractor, to which\u00a0it was appointed alongside\u00a0Japanese contractor JGC in May 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Horizon Nuclear Power, which is a subsidiary of Japanese technology giant Hitachi, also announced that it had agreed a further contract for\u00a0JGC to continue\u00a0providing support during the scheme\u2019s\u00a0development stage.<\/p>\n

Construction of the Wylfa plant,\u00a0which will be located\u00a0next to the former Magnox plant\u00a0on Anglesey, could begin as early as 2020 and\u00a0create 8,500 jobs.<\/p>\n

Its 2,700 MW capacity will be capable of powering\u00a0five million homes, with the plant currently slated to be operational by 2027.<\/p>\n

In June the project moved a step closer when\u00a0energy minister\u00a0Greg Clark announced that the government had started negotiations with Hitachi<\/a>\u00a0on a final funding deal.<\/p>\n

Mr Clark\u00a0confirmed an agreement for the plant could see the government commit public money to Wylfa\u2019s construction.<\/p>\n

A three-way funding model has been mooted that would see\u00a0Hitachi and the UK and Japanese\u00a0governments take equal shares, potentially costing British taxpayers\u00a0\u00a35bn.<\/p>\n

June also saw\u00a0Horizon submit a 41,000-page development consent order for the project, alongside an application for a marine licence.<\/p>\n

The DCO examination phase is scheduled to commence in the autumn, the developer has said.<\/p>\n

Horizon will use Hitachi\u2019s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) at Wylfa and also confirmed today that a support contract had been finalised with subsidiary Hitachi Nuclear Energy Europe, which will deliver the reactors.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0ABWR received design acceptance confirmation from the Office for Nuclear Regulation in December 2017.<\/p>\n

Bechtel\u2019s president of nuclear, security and environmental Barbara Rusinko\u00a0said: \u201cWe\u2019ve been part of the Horizon family for several years, and [\u2026] we look forward to continuing to bring our expertise to the construction of the UK\u2019s next new nuclear power station at Wylfa Newydd in our new role as project management contractor.\u201d<\/p>\n

Horizon Nuclear Power\u00a0CEO Duncan Hawthorne said: \u201cThese world-leading companies bring a wealth of nuclear, engineering and construction expertise to complement our growing organisation and will help us replicate the cost and schedule successes of the previous four ABWR reactors.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first power station will be cheaper than what has gone before and after that, with smart financing, supply chain learnings and no need for first time overheads, future project costs will fall further still.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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