Press Conference by the Chief Cabinet Secretary (Excerpt)

Q&As

• Restarting operations at nuclear power stations (Oi Nuclear Power Station)

(Abridged)

REPORTER: Today, in the meeting (with the Chief Cabinet Secretary), with regard to the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC), I believe Mayor of Osaka Toru Hashimoto requested that the procedures for confirming the safety (of Oi Nuclear Power Station) be reviewed. Specifically, I believe that Mayor Hashimoto requested the implementation of exhaustive stress tests and that he believes NSC should make a judgment in view of the stress tests. Based on these proposals, does the Government intend to once again review the procedures?

CHIEF CABINET SECRETARY FUJIMURA: I said that the Government will carefully study the eight proposals received, as agenda items for the future. The matter you just raised did not come up in the meeting. Discussion about the stress tests and so on is only what is written in the proposal.

(Abridged)