Mini nuclear power plants will be allowed almost anywhere outside built-up areas under new proposals.
Ministers want to relax planning rules to allow a “reawakening” of atomic electricity, allowing a fleet of “small modular reactors” to be built across Britain, as well as larger plants.
Unlike conventional plants, small modular reactors do not need to be built on the coast. The government wants to open up far more areas as potential sites, in a developer-led approach that will replace rules that allow nuclear power stations only in eight named locations.
