UK nuclear program continues after Fukushima
OCT 11, 2011
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025634
BBC : The March tsunami that damaged Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi plant prompted numerous governments around the world to reexamine their own plants and policies. Under the auspices of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UK sent its chief nuclear inspector, Mike Weightman, on a fact-finding mission to Japan. After examining Japan’s and the UK’s facilities, he recently issued a report in which he found no fundamental weaknesses in the UK’s current licensing regime or safety principles. He did emphasize, however, that there is always room for improvement. Critics, including Greenpeace, claim that the report was rushed and did not fully cover the potential safety, environmental, and financial costs that new nuclear power stations could generate.
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