Wales’s nuclear heritage can power a new generation of new jobs, with employment set to more than double as Project Gwyndod, Europe’s first Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), continues development.

Wales’s civil nuclear industry currently supports 2,210 highly skilled, well-paid jobs across the country, according to the Nuclear Industry Association and Wales Nuclear Forum’s first joint Wales Jobs map. The nuclear project on Ynys Môn, led by Great British Energy – Nuclear (GBE-N) and Rolls-Royce SMR, can become the foundation for a new era of growth, expected to increase employment by around 3,000 jobs locally at peak construction, with a further 5,000 jobs across the wider UK supply chain.