Japan: Nuke regulator sets wider safety zones

According to the Japan Times, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) tripled emergency areas to 30 km around atomic power plants as per new guidelines for fallout disaster mitigation measures. The NRA said the guidelines were revised to meet international standards and to enable local governments hosting nuclear plants to craft their own disaster mitigation plans and set the scope of the emergency zones by March. "The guidelines will prove useful after (disaster mitigation) plans are created and drills are held," NRA Commissioner Kayoko Nakamura said.