Japan to mandate BWR reactors to install filtered vents after Fukushima disaster

Japan to mandate BWR reactors to install filtered vents after Fukushima disaster

by Lucas W Hixson

A commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority of Japan told reporters this week that the nation’s boiling water reactors will not be allowed to restart until they have installed filtered ventilation systems to reduce the amount of radioactive materials released from containment systems during nuclear emergencies.
“Without this (filtering systems), reactors will not reach the level” to be allowed to operate, said NRA Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa.http://enformable.com/2013/01/japan-to-mandate-bwr-reactors-to-install-filtered-vents-after-fukushima-disaster/