Japan's cabinet on Sept. 19 failed to approve recommendations of a
special government-appointed panel to phase out nuclear power by 2040,
in a move openly portrayed in the country's media as a capitulation to
pro-nuclear businesses interests. The panel had called for a 40-year
limit on the lifespan of nuclear power plants, no new plant
construction, and no expansion of existing nuclear power facilities. The
cabinet decision came on the same day that Japan launched a new body to
oversee the industry, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, which replaces
the existing Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. But critics say the
new agency lacks any greater powers than the old one, and protest that
its head, Shunichi Tanaka, who oversaw decontamination efforts at
Fukushima, is a nuclear industry insider.
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