Gov't proposes Tanaka as new nuclear regulatory body chief

Gov't proposes Tanaka as new nuclear regulatory body chief

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura (2nd from R) attends a meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on July 26, 2012. The government proposed to the Diet that Shunichi Tanaka, an expert in radiation physics, be appointed to head the new nuclear regulatory authority it is aiming to launch in early September.

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