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Author Ferguson, Charles D., author

Title Regulating Japanese nuclear power in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi accident / Charles D. Ferguson, Mark Jansson
Published [Washington, DC] : Federation of American Scientists, 2013
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (44 pages)
Series FAS issue brief
FAS issue brief
Contents Executive summary. -- Introduction. -- Past problems with Japan's regulatory system. -- Japan's response after the Fukushim Daiichi accident. -- Specific safety measures. -- Appendix. -- Notes
Summary The accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011 was preventable. The Great East Japan earthquake and the tsunami that followed it were unprecedented events in recent history, but they were not altogether unforeseeable. Stronger regulation across the nuclear power industry could have prevented many of the worst outcomes at Fukushima Daiichi and will be needed to prevent future accidents. Poor planning led to the underutilization of resources and compounded the problem at Fukushima Daiichi. This report reviews some of the major problems leading up to the accident and the proposed regulatory reforms, including an overhaul of the nuclear regulatory bureaucracy and specific safety requirements that have been proposed
Notes "May 2013"--Cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-44)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (FAS, viewed October 26, 2018)
Subject Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011.
Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Japan -- Prevention
Nuclear reactor accidents -- Japan -- Prevention
Nuclear power plants -- Japan -- Safety measures
Nuclear reactors -- Safety measures.
Nuclear power plants -- Accidents -- Prevention.
Nuclear power plants -- Safety measures.
Nuclear reactor accidents -- Prevention.
Nuclear reactors -- Safety measures.
Japan.
Form Electronic book
Author Jansson, Mark, author
Federation of American Scientists, publisher.