Europe Eyes Nuclear Stress Tests as Japan Crisis Worsens
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The European Union is planning stress tests on nuclear plants this year to enhance safety standards in the region as Japan struggles with reactors crippled by an earthquake and a tsunami.
EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said member states and power companies including German utility E.ON AG backed the idea of voluntary tests at a meeting today. Energy ministers, energy firms and regulators were called to Brussels to discuss nuclear security and the situation in Japan, where the government is battling to cool three reactors in the northeast damaged by the worst quake in the country on record.