When the turbines fell silent at Wylfa exactly ten years ago today, Wales lost its last source of nuclear energy.
But, for Anglesey, the decade since has been characterised by job losses, stagnant investment and an economy still trying to replace one of the island’s largest employers.
Opened in 1971, it was the second Magnox power station in Wales after Trawsfynydd came online six years earlier, with seawater an ideal coolant due to its location on Anglesey’s northern coast.
With the same period also marking the opening of Anglesey Aluminium in nearby Holyhead, it was a time of industrial upheaval which brought long-term, skilled employment to a Welsh-speaking island long dominated by agriculture.
But while the plant remained operational beyond its planned lifespan, by the early 2010s it was among the oldest operating reactors in the world and the decision was made to shut down the last of the two reactors on 30 December 2015.