Japan Times
| 8 months ago
Staff writer Created to replace a nuclear regulatory system discredited by the Fukushima disaster, the new five-member Nuclear Regulation Authority, launched Wednesday, is already being faulted as a cosmetic change. Experts note that most of the...
Japan Times
| 8 months ago
The document that the Cabinet signed off on stirred speculation that it gave special consideration to big business and governments that benefit from hosting nuclear facilities, the main entities opposed to the publicly favored zero option. The...
Japan Times
| 8 months ago
One searches in vain through these pages (of the report) for anyone to blame...If culture explains behavior, then no one has to take responsibility."...The message here is that Japan does not have an appropriate form of corporate governance to be...
Japan Times
| 8 months ago
Staff writer The government launched a new nuclear regulatory body Wednesday that vowed never to let a disaster like the Fukushima triple meltdown occur again. The new body the Nuclear Regulation Authority has been imbued with a high level of...
The Guardian
| 8 months ago
business leaders said the phase-out would force firms to shift production overseas. Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images Japan has effectively abandoned a commitment to end its reliance on nuclear power by 2040 amid pressure from the country's...
SF Gate
| 8 months ago
Japan's Cabinet on Wednesday stopped short of committing to phase out nuclear power by 2040, backtracking from an advisory panel's recommendations in the face of opposition from pro-nuclear businesses and groups. The decision came the same day Japan...
Zee News
| 8 months ago
Japan on Wednesday launched a highly independent organization to oversee the safety of its atomic reactors, marking a fresh start in nuclear regulation following the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex last year.
BBC
| 8 months ago
It unveiled the plan to drop nuclear energy by the 2030s on Friday, but its feasibility was opposed by the business sector. The government has also launched a new nuclear safety regulatory agency. Nuclear power has become a key public issue after a...
United Press International
| 8 months ago
Japan, in a major step since its nuclear plant disaster last year, Wednesday announced a new, independent regulatory agency to oversee reactor safety. The new Nuclear Regulation Authority, headed by radiation physicist Shunichi Tanaka, will be highly...
Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-09-19 03:17 PM Japan 's Cabinet on Wednesday stopped short of committing to phase out nuclear power by 2040, backtracking from an advisory panel's...
