Britain's government named 10 sites where new nuclear power stations could be built Monday, while unveiling changes to planning rules aimed at speeding up approval for energy projects.
(and later on)
"The threat of climate change means we need to make a transition from a system that relies heavily on high carbon fossil fuels to a radically different system that includes nuclear, renewable and clean coal power," he said.
"The current planning system is a barrier to this shift... that is why we are undertaking fundamental reform of the planning system which will result in a more efficient, transparent and accessible process."
All of which is eminently sensible; considering that if you read the rest of the article, they're going to have to shut down all of their current nuke plants in about 14 years.
And that is not a lot of time.
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