Nuclear Energy Institute Report on Japan’s Nuclear Reactors, April 9, 2012

Japan Government Approves New Safety Standards for Reactor Restarts

Industry/Regulatory/Political

• Kansai Electric Power Co. has submitted to the Japanese ministry of industry its safety action plan to comply with new nuclear safety standards that the government says are necessary for shutdown reactors to restart. First-stage “stress tests” for Kansai’s two Ohi nuclear reactors have already been approved by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission. The tests…