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4.3.1b. Postmortem Analysis: Multi-Agency Collaboration (2)
Conpartmentalized and Segregated Regulatory Agencies
Silo Structure Management Have Led to
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a Lack of Transparency and a Slovenly System of Checks and Balances
New Nuclear Regulatory Organization
Independence: Separate nuclear regulation function and nuclear promotion function and establish the "Nuclear Regulation
Authority (NRA)", as an independent commission body affiliated to the MOE. Chairman and Commissioners are appointed by
the Prime Minister after the approval of the National Diet.
Integration: Integrate nuclear regulation functions, namely, nuclear safety, security, safeguards, radiation monitoring and
radioisotopes regulation, into the NRA.
Crisis Management: Establish "Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Commission (NEPC)" in a cabinet and implement nuclear
emergency prevention measures in close cooperation with relevant organisations.
Cabinet
Office
Atomic Energy
Commission
(AEC)
- Nuclear Security
Policy
Organisations
Ministry of
Economy, Trade
and Industry
(METI)
Agency for Natural
Resources and
Energy (ANRE)
Nuclear and
Industrial Safety
Agency (NISA)
Nuclear Safety
Commission
(NSC)
Double Checking
Ministry of
Education.
Culture, Sports,
Science and
Technology
(HEXT)
Research Reactors.
Regulation
Safeguards.*
Radiation Monitoring"
Radioisotopes Regulation,
Nuclear Power Plants
Regulation, etc.
atc.
New Organisation
Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
Nuclear Regulation Authority
(NRA)
Commission: Chairman and
4 Commissioners
Secretariat
Merged into the NRA after
necessary legal arrangements
JNES
Independent Administrative Agencies
- JNES: Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organisation
JAEA Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- NIRS. National Institute of Radiological Sciences
JAEA
Nuclear Research, etc.
NIRS
Radiation Research, etc
*Transferred by 1st April 2013
Source: IAEA, "Fukushima Daiichi Status Report," September 28, 2012, Figure 1.
JAEA
Nuclear Research, etc.
NIRS
Radiation Research etc
JNES
Jun KURIHARA, Canon Institute for Global Studies (CIGS)View entire presentation