Japanese Nuclear Regulatory Agency

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The Japanese Atomic Energy Agency ( Japanese N 力 安全 ・ Aufgabe 院 Genshiryoku anzen-hoan-in , "Institution for the Safety of Nuclear Energy", English Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, NISA ) was a Japanese authority whose task is to ensure the safety of the Japanese people through regulation the energy industry and related industries. It was under the Japanese Ministry of Economic Affairs, Trade and Industry METI .

Her direct superordinate authority was the Shigen-Energie-chō ( 資源 エ ネ ル ギ ー 庁 , "Authority for Raw Materials and Energy", English Agency for Natural Resources and Energy ).

NISA was founded in 2001 during the reform of the central government . Its main office was in Kasumigaseki , Chiyoda , Tokyo and also had regional offices. The headquarters also worked with the "Committee on Nuclear Energy" ( Genshiryoku-iinkai , English Japan Atomic Energy Commission ).

NISA was advised and monitored by the Japanese Government's Scientific Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC), also located in the Ministry District in Kasumigaseki, and supported by the Japanese Nuclear Energy Safety Organization (JNES).

Since the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March, it has been criticized again and again because it was subordinate to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, whose task was also the promotion of nuclear energy, and the resulting conflict interests. Therefore, she and the NSC were dissolved on September 19, 2012 and replaced by the Genshiryoku Kisei Iinkai .

Two months earlier, in July, a commission submitted to the Japanese government a 450-page final report on Fukushima. NISA is described in the report as a toothless agency that failed to fulfill its role as a supervisory body.

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  1. ^ Martin Fackler: Japan's Premier Seeks Support for Using Nuclear Power . In: The New York Times . June 9, 2012, p. A4 ( online ).
  2. ↑ 原子 力 規 制 委 、 人事 は 横 滑 り 保安 院 と 安全 委 １９ 日 廃 止 . In: Asahi Shimbun . September 18, 2012, Retrieved September 22, 2012 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ Fukushima Committee denounces cover-up . Spiegel Online , July 23, 2012