National Briefing | Washington: Nuclear Agency Head Calls For New Standards

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission needs to rewrite its standards to address what it considers ?high consequence? events in view of last year?s nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, the commission?s director said Tuesday. Addressing 3,000 nuclear experts from 34 countries, the chairman, Gregory B. Jaczko, said that despite the disaster the plant probably met the agency?s safety goals because it did not result in big radiation doses to the general population. The accident?s immediate health consequences were ?very close to nothing,? with ?little to no? long-term health effects, he said. But the destruction of reactors, the mass evacuations and the destruction of property were ?clearly unacceptable,? Mr. Jaczko said. The commission?s great challenge is to be ?proactive? in identifying previously unforeseen risks, primarily natural disasters.

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