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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Jillian Ambrose and Lauren Almeida

UNBELIEVABLE: Simpler regulations spearhead uk taskforce plan to get new nuclear reactors built | History Defined

A sign beside the gates leading into the Sizewell C construction site
Sizewell C in Suffolk is the first in a new generation of nuclear reactors planned for the UK. Photograph: Chris Radburn/Reuters

The UK has become the “most expensive place in the world” to build a nuclear power station because of overly complex bureaucracy and regulation, according to a government review.

The nuclear regulatory taskforce was set up by Keir Starmer in February after the government promised to rip up “archaic rules” and slash regulations to “get Britain building”.

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