the company's president, yagi, handed the paperwork to industry minister yukio edano. >> translator: i believe it's important for operators to raise safety benchmarks, themselves. >> translator: we'll carry out the plan so we can further improve safety. >> the utility plans to construct an earthquake-resistant building in 2015. it says the office will serve as a response center to deal with nuclear accidents. >>> the government says it has come up with an estimate that might affect its decision on whether to re-start the ohi facility. it says keeping all of the firm's reactors offline could result in a nearly 20% power shortage this summer in areas served by the utility including major cities, osaka, kobe, and kyoto. the government says a shortage of up to 19.6% is possible if the firm's reactors stay offline and temperatures reach the sweltering levels of the summer of 2010. the government projects a shortage of up to 17.2% if this summer's temperatures stay within the average range of the past five years. but it says a shortage could drop to 7.6%. that's if factories operate on wee

kansai electric president makoto yagi handed in the paperwork to yukio edano. >> translator: i believe it important for operators to raise safety benchmarks yourselves. >> translator: we'll carry out the plan so we can further improve safety. >> the timeline includes the installation of 2015 installation in 2015 of vents equipped with filters to scrub radioactive material from steam. they're used to release pressure from containment vessels in the event of a nuclear emergency. the company also plans to build an earthquake resistant office building the same year. the utility says the office will serve as a response center for dealing with nuclear accidents. >>> only one of japan's 54 reactors is operating right now. the rest aside from the damaged fukushima units are offline for regular maintenance. they can't go back online until they pass tests, comply with the standards we just mentioned, and win approval of regions that host them. but many locals still have doubts about safety. some are urging the government to speed up the launch of a new regulator for the nuclear industry. an asso

the company's president makoto yagi handed the paperwork to industry minister yukio edano. >> translator: i believe it is important for operators to raise safety benchmarks yourselves. >> translator: we'll carry out the plan so we can further improve safety. >> the utility plans to construct an earthquake resistant building in 2015. it says the office will serve as a response center to deal with nuclear accidents. >>> the government says it has come up with an estimate that might affect its decision on whether to restart the ohi facility. it says keeping all of the firm's reactors offline could result in a nearly 20% power shortage this summer in areas served by the utility including major cities such as osaka, kobe and kyoto. the government says a shortage of up to 19.6% is possible if the firm's reactors stay offline and temperatures reach the sweltering levels of the summer of 2010. the government projects a shortage of up to 17.2% if this summer's temperatures stay within the average range of the past five years. but it says the shortage could drop to 7.6%, that's if factories operat