Medvedev favors greater seismic siting restrictions

摘要

Following the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan, Russian President Dimitry Medvedev, in a blog post dated March 24, put forward several proposals for international action. Restrictions should be introduced re- garding the siting of nuclear power plants in high-risk seismic zones, Medvedev said, "narticularlv where there is a risk of a dev- astating earthquake followed by a tsunami." Current Russian regulations prohibit the construction of a nuclear power plant where there is a risk of an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, a standard that should be adopted internationally, he said.