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Japan’s nuclear safety chief promises local monitoring of radiation

NRA’s Tanaka pledges radiation information The Yomiuri Shimbun, 4 Mar 14, Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, has promised to provide local governments situated near certain nuclear plants with information concerning the possible diffusion of radioactive substances in the event of a nuclear accident. The plants are those to which priority will be given in carrying out safety checks aimed at reactivation.

In a recent interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun, ahead of the third anniversary of the start of the nuclear crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tanaka said: “Discussing plans for evacuating residents on the premise of an infinitely large-scale accident is impossible. We’ll offer a database to help residents make their own decisions more easily.”

The policy is to aid local governments in compiling comprehensive disaster-prevention plans.

The central government’s Nuclear Emergency Response Guidelines oblige local governments within a 30-kilometer radius of a nuclear power plant to draft disaster plans…..http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0001087254

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