The Nuclear Safety Commission approved on Friday the results of the first-stage stress test for two reactors at the Oi power plant in Fukui Prefecture, clearing another key condition for bringing them back online.
The brief approval meeting sparked outrage among the nuclear foes present.
The Friday approval is the first from the safety commission, a government nuclear advisory body, for the stress tests now being conducted by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, the country's main nuclear regulatory body under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.