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Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 17d

Bad regulations that require us to build bat sheds and produce 80,000 page EIAs clearly make infrastructure more expensive than necessary.

But are theu really enough to explain why HS2 and Hinkley are so expensive? Here's my answer.

www.samdumitriu.com/p/how-bad-regulations-make-infrastructure

How bad regulations make infrastructure expensive

It's more complicated than you think

www.samdumitriu.com

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 18d

Join us tonight at Lib Dem Party Conference.

Britain Remade drinks reception - 9.30pm to 11pm in the Bryanston Suite in the Highcliff Marriott Hotel.

Liberal Democrat Party Conference Drinks Reception

Highcliff Marriott Hotel
Monday 22 Deptember
Bryanston Suite
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Sam Dumitriu @samdumitriu.bsky.social · 24d

Nuclear works. It’s safe, clean and reliable. In other countries, it’s affordable too.

Here's how Britain can lead again in nuclear by fixing bad safety rules, streamlining planning, and creating new routes to market.

Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

Britain once led the world in nuclear power.

Today, we’re building the most expensive nuclear power station in history.

Why? And how do we fix it?

The answer is here:
www.britainremade.co.uk/cheapernuclear

A policy playbook for cheaper nuclear

Britain Remade's policy playbook for cheaper nuclear energy.

www.britainremade.co.uk

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

9/ The choice is stark: continue with world-beating costs and stalled projects- or reform boldly, cut through the red tape, and power Britain's future with abundant clean nuclear.

www.britainremade.co.uk/cheapernuclear

A policy playbook for cheaper nuclear

Britain Remade's policy playbook for cheaper nuclear energy.

www.britainremade.co.uk

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

8/ Some will call this “lowering standards”.
It isn’t. It’s taking a science-led approach to risk.

Nuclear is safe, clean & reliable. In other countries, it’s affordable too.

Britain can make nuclear cheaper if we change how we regulate, plan & finance.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

7/ How do we fix this?

1️⃣ Restore proportionality to regulation
2️⃣ Streamline planning & permits
3️⃣ Unlock private investment in SMRs, especially for AI demand

Our plan, developed with experts at the Universities of Cambridge and Liverpool, has 33 recommendations to fix this

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

6/ The average Brit gets ~2 mSv of background radiation a year (in Cornwall it’s ~7).

Living near Hinkley Point B adds just 0.02 mSv- equivalent to a weekend in Cornwall or a handful of Brazil nuts.

Modern designs are ultra-safe. Chasing tinier cuts adds cost without benefit.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

5/ Regulation is a problem.

Nuclear is already one of the safest forms of energy.

Britain regulates nuclear to ALARP, or “as low as reasonably practicable”. It sounds sensible, but in practice means countless design changes to address tiny, theoretical risks.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

4/ So why are we so expensive?

Four big reasons:

1️⃣Planning & permitting
2️⃣Gold-plating
3️⃣Stop-start building
4️⃣No standardisation

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

3/ Britain is the most expensive place in the world to build nuclear power stations.

Hinkley Point C is expected to cost £46 billion- 6x more per megawatt than equivalent plants in South Korea.

France and Finland have been able to build the same design for around half the cost.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

2/ The good news is firms want to build new nuclear plants here.

But turning interest into shovels in the ground and data centres online means making Britain a lower-cost, faster-to-build place.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

1/ Britain can’t end gas dependency with renewables alone.

Wind & solar are essential, but scaling them up brings rising intermittency costs: balancing the grid, backup, curtailment.

AI will massively raise baseload demand. We need firm power.

We need nuclear.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · 24d

Britain once led the world in nuclear power.

Today, we’re building the most expensive nuclear power station in history.

Why? And how do we fix it?

The answer is here:
www.britainremade.co.uk/cheapernuclear

A policy playbook for cheaper nuclear

Britain Remade's policy playbook for cheaper nuclear energy.

www.britainremade.co.uk

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Sep 10

Is there a law against building homes on train station car parks in London?

Yes: Jude Law.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Sep 10

Is there a law against building homes on train station car parks in London?

Yes: Jude Law.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Sep 1

Is Keir Starmer a YIMBY?

We went to his back yard, Camden, to find out.

Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Aug 14

Read the full analysis in our latest substack: www.samdumitriu.com/p/labours-15...

Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Aug 14

What does this planning application data tell us?

The Government are set to be 480,000 homes short of the 1.5 million target by the end of this parliament.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Aug 14

There’s been no meaningful uptick in planning applications since Labour’s election last July:

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 NEW: Our analysis shows the Government is on track to miss its 1.5m housing target by nearly half a million homes

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jul 11

Being this hot at home isn't comfortable, and it's not necessary!

Summer is hotter than ever, electricity is cleaner than ever, so 'we don't need it' and 'it's bad for the environment' no longer make sense.

Let us have home air con. Sign the petition.

www.britainremade.co.uk/aircon

PETITION: Let Us Have Home Air Conditioning

Sign the petition. Axe Britain's anti-air con rules.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jul 11

36 degrees indoors! Have a look at the temperatures our supporters recorded at home with no air con (post a pic in the replies if you can beat them!)

Only 5% of British households have air con due to anti-air con rules.

It's time to change them and COOL BRITANNIA.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jul 7

London hasn't built enough homes since the 1930s.

1937: 3 page planning application

2025: 1,250 pages (25 pages longer than War and Peace)

It didn't used to be this hard to build homes, it doesn't need to be today.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jul 7

London hasn't built enough homes since the 1930s.

1937: 3 page planning application

2025: 1,250 pages (25 pages longer than War and Peace)

It didn't used to be this hard to build homes, it doesn't need to be today.

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Britain Remade @britainremade.bsky.social · Jun 10

@chriscurtis94.bsky.social is absolutely right - this is urgent.

It's families in temporary accommodation and people struggling to pay their energy bills who are facing the consequences of our failure to build homes and energy infrastructure.

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