UK nuclear energy and renewables minister Andrew Bowie is expected to have a ministerial meeting with representatives of the South Korean state-owned nuclear power company Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) to continue talks about the construction of two APR1400 units at the Wylfa site in Anglesey, Wales, according to a press report on 12 May.

The choice for a construction company will be taken jointly by the UK’s Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and Great British Nuclear (GBN), the government body which owns the Wylfa site.

The site, which has two gas-cooled reactor units that were permanently shut down in 2012 and 2015, is seen as being suitable for both large nuclear power units and small modular reactors, but the selection of which technology will be used is yet to be taken by the UK government.

Governmental officials have said that energy secretary Claire Coutinho would “very much welcome all interest” in nuclear investment, while a senior executive at Kepco has said that “we can certainly do nuclear projects in the UK if the conditions are right,” according to a report in the Financial Times on 12 May.