Japan tightens rules for nuclear plant backups
World News • April 2011 • Views: 307
Japanese regulators issued tougher standards for emergency power at nuclear plants Saturday in response to the 4-week-old crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power station.
Power stations will be required to have two diesel generators as backup power for each reactor unit, said Hidehiko Nishiyama, the chief spokesman for Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency. Current regulations require only one generator per unit.