NRI Annual Review 2026 - Flipbook - Page 6
The Fingleton Review:
An opportunity to
modernise regulation
for a new era of
nuclear energy
By Tim Stone
and Ian Truman,
Partner, Burges Salmon
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The UK nuclear sector enters the
second half of the decade with
renewed political momentum.
The UK government has
committed to a new generation
of large-scale reactors, selected its
preferred Small Modular Reactors
(SMR) technology and signalled
a long-term commitment to
nuclear energy as part of its
industrial and decarbonisation
strategies.
