Nuclear watchdog says safety culture not good enough after documents falsified
Source: Reuters
Japans atomic regulator on Wednesday said falsified documents at Chugoku Electric Power Co Inc related to radioactive waste showed the countrys nuclear industry still lags on safety more than four years after the Fukushima plant meltdown.
Chugoku Electric on June 30 said it had not conducted the mandatory inspection of equipment for handling low-level nuclear waste, yet had recorded that the checks were carried out.
From a safety culture point of view, if that kind of thing happens, its not good enough, Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) head Shunichi Tanaka said at a regular press conference on Wednesday, when asked about the incident by Reuters.
It is not a violation under law, so I dont think we would take legal action, Tanaka said.
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