'Not fit for purpose': UK taskforce calls for 'radical' regulatory reset to cut nuclear costs

Michael Holder
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Independent experts on government's Nuclear Regulatory Taskforce argue current system is hampering development of new nuclear power projects and driving up costs

A "radical" overhaul of nuclear energy regulation is urgently needed to combat spiralling costs and repeated delays that have blighted the delivery of new projects in the UK, an industry taskforce has...

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