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A Nippon individual savings account (NISA) is an account that is meant to help residents in Japan save money with tax-exempt benefits. It is modeled after the Individual Savings Account in the United Kingdom. [citation needed] There are two types of NISA accounts: a
The NISA received strong criticism following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. According to a government report to the International Atomic Energy Agency in June 2011, "NISA's lack of independence from the trade ministry, which promotes the use of atomic power, hampered a quick response to the disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant this year". [6]
Video streaming of the commission session is available in English language interpretation simultaneously in live and archive. On July 5, 2012, the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission released an executive summary report [5] of The Fukushima Nuclear Accident. The report "blames Japanese culture ...
On 11 April, the Japanese Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) temporarily raised the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi to Level 7 on the INES scale, by considering the whole event and not considering each reactor as an individual event (each rated between 3 and 5).
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (Japanese: 原子力規制委員会, Hepburn: Genshiryoku Kisei Iinkai, NRA) is an administrative body of the Cabinet of Japan established to ensure nuclear safety in Japan as part of the Ministry of the Environment. [1] [2] Established on September 19, 2012, its first head was Shunichi Tanaka. [3]
On 23 March – after the Americans – Japan released its own fallout maps, compiled by Japanese authorities from measurements and predictions from the computer simulations of SPEEDI. On 19 June 2012 Minister of Science Hirofumi Hirano said that Japan would review the decision of the Science Ministry and the Nuclear-Safety Agency in 2011 to ...
The Summary. Japan’s meteorological agency on Thursday issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory.” The warning followed a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the country’s southern coast.
NISA was also planning to send similar instructions to two other nuclear power plant operators in the Fukui area: Kansai Electric Power Company, and Japan Atomic Energy Agency. Because the Mihama Nuclear Power Plant and the Monju fast breeder reactor could also be affected by a possible earthquake caused by the Urazoko fault.