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The Nuclear Safety Commission reviews safety inspections conducted by regulatory agencies such as the Nuclear And Industrial Safety Agency .


HISTORY

  • December 1955 Promulgation of the Atomic Energy Basic Law and Law Establishing the Atomic Energy Commission.

  • November 1956 Inauguration of Atomic Energy Commission.

  • October 1978 Nuclear Safety Commission spun off from Atomic Energy Commission.

  • January 1979 Consistent regulatory administration for nuclear safety introduced and counter- checking system established.

  • October 1981 Publication of the 1st White Paper on Nuclear Safety.

  • November 1999 Role of Nuclear Safety Commission legally specified with enactment of the Special Measures of Nuclear Disaster Act. Role to include technical advice to Prime Minister in nuclear disaster.

  • April 2000 Functions of Commission Secretariat transferred from old Science and Technology Agency to old Prime Minister's Office.

  • January 2001 With government reorganization, functions of Nuclear Safety Commission and its Secretariat transferred to Cabinet Office.

  • December 2002 Strengthening the functional capability of overlooking and auditing the activities of regulatory body on account of the amendment of the regulation laws on the nuclear reactors, etc.



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