nisa turned them away. then one of its panel members walked out on the discussion. >> translator: i doubt the safety review process is any different from how it was in the past before the accident at fukushima daiichi. >> nisa ended up approving the stress test results on the ohi plant's reactors. a team of experts from the international atomic energy agency is now reviewing the entire stress test's methodology. nisa will get a report from the iaea by the end of this month. then it will finalize its conclusions on the two reactors. after that, the government will consult with people who live in the areas surrounding the ohi plant. will try to get their approval to restart the reactors. then it will make its final decision. we wanted to find out why some people in japan lack faith in the government's approach to nuclear safety and why they say this stress test system is flawed. so we asked nhk world's commentator noriyuki misono to explain it to us. he spoke in japanese. we'll provide simultaneous interpreta

nisa turned them away. then one of its panel members walked out on the discussion. >> translator: i doubt the safety review process is any different from how it was in the past before the accident at fukushima daiichi. >> nisa ended up approving the stress test results on the ohi plant reactors. a team of experts from the international atomic energy agency is now reviewing the entire stress test methodology. nisa will get a report from the iaea by the end of this month and then finalize its conclusions on the two reactors. after that the government will consult with people who live in the areas surrounding the ohi plant. they will try. then it will make its final decision. we wanted to find out why some people in japan lack faith in the government's approach to nuclear safety and why they say this stress test system is flawed. so we asked nhk world comen at a timer to explain it to us. we'll provide simultaneous interpretation. >> translator: conflict at the plant was caused by the decision to shut the anti

hiroyuki fukano, the nuclear safety agency or nisas says his organization should do everything it takes to restore faith in the government's energy policy. >> translator: we have no option but to go back to basics and make as much effort as possible in order to regain public trust in nuclear safety. >> fukano spoke wednesday to nisa officials. he said he was deeply sorry his agency was not able to prevent the accident at fukushima daiichi. the government launched this 11 years ago. the agency will be merged with the nuclear safety commission and transported to a new nuclear regulator in april. critics characterized it as a nuclear watchdog that lacks teeth and independence. a government report released in december said agency officials working on the emergency task force at fukushima daiichi evacuated in the initial stages of the accident. it also said release of information was insufficient. >>> the top u.s. diplomat for asia has met with chinese officials to discuss a situation in north korea. assistance secretary of state kurt campbell is the highest level u.s. official to visit the

the head of the team handed a report to nisa director general. the power companies have been conducting so-called stress tests on their reactors. regulators have been making onsite visits to those reactors. they then reported on their evaluations. >> we had found that nisa's approach is generally consistent with the iaea safety standards and international practice. >> the report suggested 11 points of improvement. it points to a need for further explanations for the -- team members also voted the nuclear power plant in central plant. regulators have determined that the stress tests there were carried out properly. but they still have to hand in their final report that would allow the reactors to be restarted. many local residents don't want the reactors turned back on. >>> come back home. that's the message from the mayor of a town near the fukushima nuclear power plant who wants all evac es to start returning home in april. the village is located about 20 kilometers southwest of the plant. it was evacuated last year following the march 11th eart

. >> translator: conflict at the panel discussion was caused by nisa's decision to shot the citizens out of the room. stress tests check the nuclear power plant's resistant to greater than expected disasters before the reactors cores are damaged. but there's a growing mistrust of the validity of the tests as a measure of the government shorld use this. most of the assumptions used in the tests are based on the safety standards decided before the march 11th disaster which proved it be standards were not real vent. if they adopt stricter standards in the future, even if the facilities are pronounced safe based on the old safety safe standards, it will be only natural for people to be unwilling to expect that. there's a view the tests are conducted with the foregone conclusion to restart the nuclear power plants. many operators claim they're taking action by putting firefighting procedures at the plant. but the committee appointed by the government to probe into the causes of the fukushima accident has released the interim report last month and the government needs to on regaining publi

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