Strict screening urged of safety steps for scrapping reactor

Strict screening urged of safety steps for scrapping reactor

Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai (L) presents a petition to Nuclear Regulation Authority head Katsuhiko Ikeda at the NRA's office in Tokyo on June 4, 2015, calling for the strict screening of safety measures for decommissioning the No. 1 reactor at Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, with which Tottori borders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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