Day-to-day nuclear regulation will be placed under the Environment Ministry . The government has also announced that it plans to set up a new agency for atomic energy and radioactive waste management. Monday 's decision will take the day-to-day regulation of nuclear plants out from under the Ministry of the Economy , Trade and Industry , which has promoted the use of nuclear energy , Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said . The decision follows the March nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi .
Day-to-day nuclear regulation will be placed under the Environment Ministry . The government has also announced that it plans to set up a new agency for atomic energy and radioactive waste management. The decision follows the March nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daiichi .