UK to Allow Nuclear Power Plants to Be Built in More Places

  • There are currently only eight designated sites for reactors
  • UK government is encouraging energy investment to spur growth
The Sizewell A and B nuclear power stations in the UK.Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The UK is set ease the rules around where nuclear power plants can be built in a bid to revitalize the struggling sector.

That will give developers more freedom over where they can build new atomic reactors, instead of being restricted to government-designated sites, according to people familiar with the matter. Currently, only eight sites in the UK, including Hinkley Point and Sizewell, are designated for the development of nuclear power stations.