Institutional Inductility and Latent Threat in Japanese Nuclear Regulations

-An Identification of Enforce Problems in the Law for Regulations of Nuclear Source Materials, Nuclear Fuel Materials and Reactors, and a Proposal for Law Revision-

Abstract

Institutional Inductility in the field of Japanese nuclear regulations resulted from compartmentalized entity-based regulation in the Law for Regulations of Nuclear Source Materials, Nuclear Fuel Materials and Reactors (the Nuclear Regulation Law), makes it difficult to cope with new issues, such as launching new nuclear business and implementing new international schemes securing safeguards and nuclear non-proliferation. This paper examines problems associated with entity-based regulation, and illustrates a proposal for introducing comprehensive licensing scheme for nuclear installations and material-based regulations to Japanese nuclear regulations.