Japan cabinet OKs bill to cap nuke reactor life

by Blogburger on January 31, 2012

SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetJapan’s cabinet approved bills on Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster. TOKYO: Japan’s cabinet approved bills on Tuesday aimed at bolstering nuclear safety regulations following last year’s Fukushima disaster, including one that would put a 40-year cap on the operational life of nuclear reactors. The approval came as a team of International Atomic Energy Agency experts generally endorsed “stress test” results at two idled reactors at a plant in western Japan, bolstering the Tokyo government’s efforts to restart the facility, though the IAEA team said some safety…


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