The new agency will integrate the Cabinet Office’s Nuclear Safety Commission, Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, and some nuclear-related duties.
It will be responsible for handling other nuclear-related activities, including emergency response, radiation monitoring and dealing with the threat of nuclear terrorist attacks.
The minister in charge of the nuclear crisis Goshi Hosono said that the government will work immediately to create a preliminary panel this month to oversee the formation of the agency.
The new agency is expected to be fully opeartional by April next year.
