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 TOKYO (AP) - Japan will allow investigators from the U.N. nuclear watchdog to inspect a nuclear power station damaged last week by a powerful earthquake in order to address international safety concerns, an official said Monday.
The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant — the world's largest in terms of capacity — suffered a long list of radioactive leaks and malfunctions during the July 16 magnitude-6.8 temblor, which killed 10 people and injured more than 1,000.
On Thursday, International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei offered to have his Vienna-based agency dispatch global experts to inspect the damage but Japan rejected the offer, saying it could handle the safety check on its own.
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