Turmoil at Nuclear Regulatory Agencies

Turmoil at Nuclear Regulatory Agencies

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:59 AM PDT

Life in the post-Fukushima era for nuclear regulatory agencies in Japan and the United States is not easy. In Japan, the Nuclear Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) is in hot water over revelations that it stacked the deck at public meetings with employees of the nuclear utilities it is supposed to regulate.