Tough New Measures For Japan's Nuclear Plants
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March 31, 2011, Thursday
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JAPAN'S Trade Ministry yesterday ordered nuclear power plant operators to take immediate steps to improve emergency preparedness and will review energy policies to promote renewable sources and ease power shortages.
The ministry said nuclear plants would be required by mid-April to deploy back-up mobile power generators and firetrucks able to pump water, while beefing up training programs and manuals, aiming to avoid a repeat of the crisis at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant.
It will also look at longer-term solutions such as requiring higher sea walls at nuclear stations and will review its energy policy to encourage renewables, although it reiterated that nuclear power was expected to retain an important role.
"As Prime Minister (Naoto) Kan has said in parliamentary debates, I think we should also put emphasis on renewable energy sources, such as solar power," Trade Minister Banri Kaieda told reporters.
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