The construction site for two new reactors at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, in December 2009. Construction could be frozen on new nuclear projects. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Citing safety concerns, Prime Minister Naoto Kan suggested freezing projects to build more than a dozen nuclear reactors by 2030, but he did not offer details on how to do it.
"We should not carry out the existing projects without thoroughly examining if (the planned reactors) are safe," Kan (…)