The equipment was subsequently retrieved and replaced but the Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) did not permit the reactor to restart. (world-nuclear-news.org)
New research has shown that the benchmark used by the Office for Nuclear Regulation for judging how much should be spent on nuclear safety has no basis in evidence and places insufficient value on human life. (sciencedaily.com)
Philip Thomas, Professor of Risk Management in the Department of Civil Engineering, said: «The Office of Nuclear Regulation and other national bodies clearly have a problem with how they should assess the right level of expenditure to protect people from nuclear and other accidents. (sciencedaily.com)