UK is world's most expensive place to develop nuclear power, report says

UK Nuclear Energy: Deregulate To Innovate, Says Think Tank

A new report argues that Britain can avoid a major electricity shortfall if it can overcome excessively cautionary regulation and lengthy, litigious planning processes. Throughout Expediting Civil Nuclear Power in the UK: The new ‘Golden Age’, Dr Robert Craig proposes two legislative solutions: using Hybrid or Private Acts of Parliament to grant development consent directly, removing the possibility of legal challenge, and establishing a new Nu…