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Tighten regulations on nuclear industry, Bangkok Post, Editorial, : 25/09/2011  “…….. the outcome of the annual meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) earlier this month in Vienna is extremely disappointing. It was hoped that the meeting would act on the proposal by IAEA chief Yukia Amano that the world’s nuclear nations respond to the Japanese crisis with tougher safety regulations and mandatory inspections. The proposal included a one-year deadline for new safety standards and stress tests on all working nuclear reactors worldwide within 18 months. Yet in the end the draft resolution from the meeting contained no timelines, deadlines or mandatory inspections. Major nuclear nations such as Canada and Germany backed the proposal, but they were no match for the anti-regulation pressure coming from Russia, China, Pakistan, India and the United States. Considering the potential for global disaster posed by nuclear accidents and the plans all of these countries have to significantly ramp up their nuclear programmes in the coming years, this shirking of responsibility is inexcusable……” http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/258154/tighten-regulations-on-nuclear-industry