9.0 Richter scale earthquake and devastating tsunami that rolled Japan on March 11, 2011 and not only devastated the coastal regions, it also destroyed a nuclear reactor Fukushima Dai-ichi. Sakura crisis since the worst nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.According to Yukio Edano, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, after several months passed, Japan would soon hold a safety test in the area of nuclear reactors in order to regain public confidence.
"In addition to the existing mechanism, we have decided to introduce a new security evaluation based on procedures and new rules," Edano said in a press conference, as quoted from the pages of CNN on Monday, July 11, 2011.
"Many doubted the safety tests that will be held the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA), and we're also not sure people have enough understanding about this," said a government statement.
Nuclear reactors that have not been checked since the tsunami and earthquake hit Japan in March and then must undergo a pressure test for two waves before they can operate again. Sakura actually has 54 nuclear power plants, but currently only 19 are still operating.
Safety tests will be made by NISA and Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) with a similar test bermodelkan who had already done the European Union during the crisis in the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Dai-ichi. The test results will be reviewed by both institutions.
The Japanese government may suspend the operation of nuclear reactors is currently pending the test results come out.
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