Go-ahead for UK nuclear programme

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The Fukushima disaster provides no reason to restrict UK nuclear reactors or stop building new ones, the official nuclear regulator has concluded.

Dr Mike Weightman, the UK's chief nuclear inspector, found no fundamental weaknesses in the current licensing regime or safety principles.

But "continuous improvement" should be sought, he said in his report.

The government commissioned the report after the March tsunami damaged Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15256981 11 October 2011 Last updated at 13:19