31 Dec (NucNet) : The Wylfa-1 nuclear reactor in Anglesey, north Wales, was switched off yesterday after 44 years of electricity generation, five years after the plant’s original planned closure date. Magnox Limited, which operates the Wylfa site on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, said Wylfa-1 was the last in a fleet of 26 reactors at 11 UK sites based on the ground-breaking Magnox design that led to the world’s first-ever industrial-scale nuclear power station. The 490-MW (…)