Starmer rips up rules to ease building of nuclear reactors

The government has unveiled plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales.
Reforms to planning rules will clear a path for the next generation small modular nuclear reactors to be built for the first time and speed up development of larger schemes.
Currently, nuclear development is restricted to eight sites in the UK, as part of a planning statement on nuclear power generation that was made in 2011.
With the reforms unveiled today, the refreshed planning frame