Industry ministry to check reactors cooling systems (JAPAN)

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Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Banri Kaieda answer questions at a meeting of the Lower House Budget Committee on July 6. (The Asahi Shimbun

The government will conduct earthquake and tsunami stress tests on all commercial reactor cooling systems to assuage public fears pending restarts of offline reactors, industry minister Banri Kaieda said July 6.

The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), which oversees nuclear power generation, is working out a schedule for the tests.

The tests could delay the planned restart in summer of two reactors at the Genkai nuclear plant in Saga Prefecture that have been shut down for maintenance.

Kaieda said the stress tests will be done to allay safety concerns by local governments and the public over the restart.

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