Nuke plants face stricter regulations | The Japan Times Online
Monday, Dec. 19, 2011
Nuke plants face stricter regulations
Kyodo
Nine months after the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, Japan is ready to tighten laws and regulations on atomic power plants so their operators will be obliged to comply with the latest safety requirements, government sources said Sunday.
Power plants may even be assigned maximum usage periods.
The government came up with the plan after reflecting on concerns raised about older reactors and the abject failure of Tokyo Electric Power Co., which runs the crippled Fukushima No. 1 power plant, to upgrade the aging facility's safety measures in line with new scientific findings on tsunami risk, they said.
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's administration plans to submit the related bills to the Diet when it opens next month.
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