WASHINGTON
NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko said Wednesday the agency will
require operators to submit by June 10 details about plans,
equipment and personnel in place to respond to a terrorist attack.
The agency has required nuclear power plants to prove their ability
to respond to terrorism since the 2001 attacks on New York and
Washington.
Officials began updating requirements after the March 11
earthquake and tsunami that triggered a nuclear crisis in Japan.
Jaczko said officials want to ensure those strategies still work
and employees at nuclear plants know how to carry them out.
Operators will be required to provide more detailed information by
mid-July.
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