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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Japan Regulator Proposes New Safety Regulations Required for Nuclear Reactor Restarts

Japan Regulator Proposes New Safety Regulations Required for Nuclear Reactor Restarts


The Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan has released draft safety rules for nuclear power facilities. Before the Fukushima incident, precautions against major disasters or terrorist attacks were left up to utilities. The new rules, which regulators hope to finalize by the middle of 2013, will require significant safety improvements to nuclear plants.http://spectrum.ieee.org/energywise/energy/nuclear/japan-regulators-proposes-new-safety-regulations-required-for-nuclear-reactor-restarts?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IeeeSpectrumEnergywiseBlog+%28Energywise+-+IEEE+Spectrum%29

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