The government has announced plans to make it easier to build mini nuclear power stations in England and Wales, as part of its efforts to boost UK economic growth. It said it will reform the "archaic" planning rules which ministers believe have held Britain back in the global race for clean,

A new generation of smaller nuclear reactors could be based on decommissioned sites, speeding up the process considerably, a government advisor argues

Britain's Labour government on Thursday said changes to planning laws will speed up the country's rollout of mini-nuclear reactors aimed at providing cheaper and cleaner energy.