☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> ignored warnings from his <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> ☢️ <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>safety</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> that it was wrong to blame <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/regulations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulations</span></a> for <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/delays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delays</span></a> building new <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/reactors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reactors</span></a> when he launched a plan to revive the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> industry.</p><p>The prime minister unveiled the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/NuclearRenaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearRenaissance</span></a> strategy in February and said <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> had slumped because the industry was “SUFFOCATED BY REGULATIONS”.</p><p>However, a document released under freedom of information law reveals that the UK’s <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/OfficeForNuclearRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OfficeForNuclearRegulation</span></a> ☢️ (<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ONR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ONR</span></a>) told the government in the run-up to the launch that claims about <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/delays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>delays</span></a> to nuclear power in a draft press release were “not true”. Despite this, the claims were repeated in the final release.”</p><p>The future <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> avoided. </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://theguardian.com/business/2025/may/06/starmer-nuclear-watchdog-regulations-delays-reactors" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/business/2025/</span><span class="invisible">may/06/starmer-nuclear-watchdog-regulations-delays-reactors</span></a>&gt;</p>