IAEA assesses the level of nuclear safety in Japan

More than 10 months after the earthquake - tsunami caused a nuclear crisis at Japan's Fukushima power plant, on January 23, a group of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had to Japan to reassess the safety of nuclear power plants in the country.

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Test results will help the Japanese government decide whether to restart nuclear reactors that are idle.

The IAEA expert team, consisting of 10 members, will work in Japan for a period of 9 days to review the entire results of the Japanese government's test on the safety of nuclear reactors.

The group will also visit two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Ohi in Fukui prefecture, central Japan.

The Japanese government is currently planning to restart nuclear reactors. Since the earthquake - tsunami on March 11, 2011, most of the 54 nuclear reactors in Japan have been temporarily suspended.

However, in order to relieve the public's concern, the Japanese government has conducted rigorous tests of safety at nuclear facilities.

Mr. Shinichi Kuroki, Deputy Director of Nuclear Power Division of Japan's Nuclear Safety Industry Agency said that Japanese judgments are based on the opinions of domestic experts, but "we want to try achieve a higher level of safety according to international standards ".