Four Companies Apply for Restart Permits for 10 Nuclear Reactors in Japan

SUGAR LAND--July 11, 2013--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--July 8 marked the beginning of a new set of revised safety standards for nuclear reactors in Japan. Following the restructuring of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency into a new branch of the Ministry of the Environment, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), Japanese power companies were left in an awkward position--they had to improve safety at their nuclear power plants, but had no firm set of standards to guide their efforts.