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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.

IAEA's Lyons

IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Lyons and other IAEA officials inspected two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant earlier in the day.

IAEA's Lyons

IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons (2nd from L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear installation safety division who heads the IAEA's safety assessment review team, speaks in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2012, ahead of inspecting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co.

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division.

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)

IAEA's Lyons

IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons (2nd from L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's nuclear installation safety division who heads the IAEA's safety assessment review team, speaks in the town of Oi, Fukui Prefecture, on Jan. 26, 2012, ahead of inspecting two idled reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. (Kyodo)

IAEA's Lyons

IAEA's Lyons

FUKUI, Japan - James Lyons, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters in Oi, Fukui Prefecture. Lyons and other IAEA officials inspected two idled reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

IAEA's Lyons at industry ministry in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - James Lyons, who leads a delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency tasked with reviewing the adequacy of Japan's safety tests for nuclear power plants, speaks during its first meeting with Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency at the industry ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 23, 2012. At the request of the Japanese government, the IAEA mission is visiting Japan from Jan. 23-31. Lyons is director of the IAEA's Nuclear Installation Safety Division. (Kyodo)