Nuclear Stress Tests ‘First Step’ on Safety, Ministers Say

Safety checks on European nuclear installations are a “first step” in preventing an atomic accident on the scale of what happened in Japan, according to government officials.

The so-called stress tests which will be performed on Europe’s 143 working reactors and other atomic installations “are very important but not enough to tackle the issues of nuclear safety,” Tamas Fellegi, Hungary’s Minister of National Development, told a press conference in Paris today. A “global approach” is needed to improve security, he said.