Applications Submitted For 16 Reactor Restarts In Japan

摘要

Applications have been submitted for the restart of 16 nuclear power reactors in Japan, but the country's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has not yet issued any approvals for units to resume operation, statistics released by the Japan Atomic Industrial Forum (Jaif) show. All of Japan's 50 commercial reactors are offline while they undergo inspections to make sure they comply with new safety standards drawn up in the wake of the March 2011 Fuku-shima-Daiichi accident. The standards cover 3 main areas: design basis safety standards, severe accident measures and safety standards for earthquakes and tsunamis.