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Japan now says U.N. can inspect plant hit by quake

From the Associated Press

July 23, 2007

TOKYO — The Japanese government will allow U.N.
inspectors to examine a nuclear power plant that leaked radioactivity last
week after a powerful earthquake, giving in to demands by local officials,
a news report said Sunday.

The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant — the
world's largest in terms of capacity — announced a number of leaks and
malfunctions in the wake of last Monday's magnitude 6.8 quake, which
killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000.

The government and
regulators have concluded that the leaks posed no danger, and Japan last
week rejected an offer from the United Nations' International Atomic
Energy Agency to inspect the plant.

But the government changed
course after a letter and petition were submitted by local officials
Sunday, Kyodo News agency reported.

In a letter addressed to Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe, Gov. Hirohiko Izumida of Niigata prefecture said the
plant's problems and leaks had stirred "great unease" among residents.

Izumida said an inspection by the IAEA would ease fears, and he
called for a team to be invited "as quickly as possible."

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