BUSINESS_STANDARD Binding safety standards for nuclear regime needed, experts tell IAEA

Binding safety standards for nuclear regime needed, experts tell IAEA

 

As the world debates the future of nuclear power plants in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in Japan, experts have called for inclusion of binding safety standards in the international nuclear regime.
A group of 15 nuclear experts, including Anil Kakodkar, former chairman of India’s Atomic Energy Commission, have made the suggestion to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
In a letter to IAEA, the experts have recommended that safety standards be made part of discussions at a ministerial conference scheduled for June at Vienna.