Japan’s Nuclear Companies Establish INPO-Style Nuclear Safety Institute

Japan’s Nuclear Companies Establish INPO-Style Nuclear Safety Institute

from Nuclear Energy Institute by vbarq

Industry/Regulatory/Political
Japan’s nuclear utilities and vendors have created a new group called the Japan Nuclear Safety Institute (JANSI), which the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan said is modeled on the U.S. Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and the World Association of Nuclear Operators. Makoto Yagi, FEPC’s chairman and president of Kansai Electric Power Co., said last week JANSI was created to further improve nuclear power plant safety and to “ensure the completeness of severe accident management measures based on lessons learned from the Fukushima accident.” Yagi said that JANSI, like INPO, will give utility executives advice and recommendations on operations. The agency will seek guidance and peer review from both INPO and WANO. JANSI’s membership will comprise 123 companies, Yagi added.http://safetyfirst.nei.org/japan/japans-nuclear-companies-establish-inpo-style-nuclear-safety-institute/