A bill to be submitted to the Diet later this month would make it a crime to use any type of nuclear fuel substance or nuclear waste in a way that endangers people, government sources said Tuesday.
The amendment to the law regulating nuclear reactors is part of a package of domestic legislation aimed at paving the way for Japan to ratify the 1997 United Nations Convention on the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings.
The bill, which includes amendments to six other laws, is to be submitted to the Diet on Oct. 30, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe said at a board meeting of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Administration earlier in the day.