Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons (L), nuclear installation safety director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, hands a report to Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Director General Hiroyuki Fukano (R) in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The report by an IAEA fact-finding team led by Lyons says Japan's nuclear safety tests are generally consistent with IAEA safety standards. The IAEA delegation reviewed Japan's so-called nuclear ''stress tests'' introduced after the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Japan's new nuclear safety agency chief

Japan's new nuclear safety agency chief

TOKYO, Japan - New Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency chief Hiroyuki Fukano speaks during his first press conference at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo, Aug. 18, 2011.

Japan's new nuclear safety agency chief

Japan's new nuclear safety agency chief

TOKYO, Japan - New Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency chief Hiroyuki Fukano speaks during his first press conference at the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry in Tokyo, Aug. 18, 2011. (Kyodo)

Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

Japan's nuclear stress tests consistent with IAEA standards

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons (L), nuclear installation safety director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, hands a report to Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Director General Hiroyuki Fukano (R) in Tokyo on Jan. 31, 2012. The report by an IAEA fact-finding team led by Lyons says Japan's nuclear safety tests are generally consistent with IAEA safety standards. The IAEA delegation reviewed Japan's so-called nuclear ''stress tests'' introduced after the Fukushima nuclear crisis. (Kyodo)