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“#KeirStarmer ignored warnings from his #nuclear #safety #watchdog that it was wrong to blame #regulations for #delays building new #reactors when he launched a plan to revive the #NuclearPower industry.

The prime minister unveiled the #NuclearRenaissance strategy in February and said #investment had slumped because the industry was “SUFFOCATED BY REGULATIONS”.

However, a document released under freedom of information law reveals that the UK’s #OfficeForNuclearRegulation (#ONR) told the government in the run-up to the launch that claims about #delays to nuclear power in a draft press release were “not true”. Despite this, the claims were repeated in the final release.”

The future #Australia avoided.

<https://theguardian.com/business/2025/may/06/starmer-nuclear-watchdog-regulations-delays-reactors>