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IAEA begins assessing quake-hit nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 6 to conduct a four-day assessment of the power plant damaged by a powerful earthquake on July 16.

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IAEA experts arrive in Japan to assess quake-hit nuke plant

NARITA, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters on his arrival at Narita airport Aug. 5 together with other nuclear experts and specialists in seismic safety to assess the damage to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture which was hit by a major earthquake in July.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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IAEA reexamines quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

NIIGATA, Japan - Philippe Jamet (L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 31 after concluding an on-site survey of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant.

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IAEA begins assessing quake-hit nuke plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the Nuclear Installation Safety Division of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters as he arrives at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Aug. 6 to conduct a four-day assessment of the power plant damaged by a powerful earthquake on July 16. (Kyodo)

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IAEA expert inspects Hamaoka nuclear plant in Japan

Greg Rzentkowski (R), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, is briefed at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, in front of a coastal levee on July 7, 2015, during his inspection to assess the power plant's safety measures against earthquakes and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IAEA experts arrive in Japan to assess quake-hit nuke plant

NARITA, Japan - Philippe Jamet, director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters on his arrival at Narita airport Aug. 5 together with other nuclear experts and specialists in seismic safety to assess the damage to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture which was hit by a major earthquake in July. (Kyodo)

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IAEA reexamines quake-hit Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

NIIGATA, Japan - Philippe Jamet (L), director of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Installation Safety Division, speaks to reporters in Niigata Prefecture on Jan. 31 after concluding an on-site survey of Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)