The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which had started looking into the deal in August, said it will not refer the merger for a deeper probe.

The deal was announced in October last year on the heels of an uptick in interest in nuclear power amid an energy crisis in Europe and soaring crude oil and natural gas prices.

(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)