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Edition: U.S. Article Comments (0) Full Focus Editor's choice A selection of our best photos from the past 24 hours. Full Article Follow Reuters Europe split over nuclear safety amid Japan crisis Tweet Share this Link this By Pete Harrison and Marine Hass BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in Japan while Britain and France urged calm. Nuclear power has been... Email Print Factbox European states react to nuclear safety fears 12:30pm EDT Related News Turkey to go ahead on nuclear despite Japan 12:40pm EDT Germany suspends deal to extend nuclear plants' life 3:41pm EDT Analysis: Merkel EU deal irks but nuclear worry may cost votes 1:52pm EDT Italy government sticks to nuclear energy plan 1:52pm EDT Analysis & Opinion Japan shows another side of the press Nuclear power: Go ahead or stop now? Related Topics World » France » Japan » Natural Disasters » Nuclear Power » File picture dated February 28, 2008 of Ringhals nuclear power plant in Varberg. Credit: Reuters/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson By Pete Harrison and Marine Hass BRUSSELS | Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:20pm EDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Austria on Monday called for European nuclear power plants to face stress tests to reassure people worried by the crisis in Japan while Britain and France urged calm. Nuclear power has been poised for a revival as Europe strives to cut climate-warming carbon emissions and gas imports, but public mistrust still runs high, with the Chernobyl accident in 1986 still strong in many Europeans' minds. Public confidence in the industry looked set to fall as Japan scrambled on Monday to avert a meltdown at a stricken nuclear plant, days after an earthquake and tsunami. The 27-member EU was already sharply divided, with France seeking to export its nuclear expertise, but Austria strongly opposed to any further expansion in its neighborhood. Nowhere is the issue more controversial than in Germany, where demonstrators have taken to the streets after the government extended the lifespan of Germany's 17 nuclear power stations. Germany is on the brink of suspending the unpopular extension plan, government sources said on Monday. Austria's Nikolaus Berlakovich called for safety checks at a meeting of environment ministers in Brussels on Monday. "The people in Europe and Austria ask themselves how secure are our reactors in Europe, around Austria," he told reporters. "And that's why I will ask today in the meeting of ministers for a stress test for European nuclear power stations." "It must be quickly proven how earthquake-proof the nuclear power stations are, how do the cooling systems work, what is the reactors' protection. That must come quickly to reassure the people." Slovak Environment Minister Jozsef Nagy said he would support a Europe-wide stress test for power plants and suggested nations could be looking at a milestone in nuclear energy. "If there would a European stress-test initiative, I would support that," Nagy said in Bratislava. "I do not see this as a milestone in the energy sector, but this might be a milestone in nuclear energy, so we will learn and introduce technologies that are resilient to similar, or even stronger, natural events." Britain, which is planning up to 16 gigawatts of new nuclear power, said it was difficult to draw parallels with Japan, because Europe is not as geologically active. "Safety comes number one," British secretary of state for energy Chris Huhne told Reuters. "It's absolutely the first priority and that's why I have asked our nuclear regulator to do a report on the facts of the Japanese case, if there is anything we can learn from the Japanese experience." "Of course the difference with Japan is pretty dramatic," he added. "The biggest earthquake that the UK has ever suffered was back in 1931 and the Japanese earthquake, I am sorry to say, is 130,000 times stronger than the strongest ever recorded in the UK." 1 2 Next World France Japan Natural Disasters Nuclear Power Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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