Post-Fukushima Safety Review Begun by U.S. Nuclear Industry

Three U.S. power-industry groups will set up a panel to run their own nuclear-safety review as federal regulators probe Japan’s reactor crisis.

The Nuclear Energy Institute, the Electric Power Research Institute and the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations unveiled their plan today. The Fukushima Response Steering Committee will “learn the lessons” from Japan and “apply them at our plants,” Tony Pietrangelo, the energy institute’s senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, said at a news conference in Washington.