As safety checks continue in the wake of disaster last year, Japan has an ambitious plan to get its controversial nuclear program up and running.<br/> <br />The new government announced Friday that it hopes to complete safety checks and determine whether to restart all reactors within three years.<br/> <br />All but two of Japan's 50 reactors remain shut down after a March 2011 earthquake and tsunami resulted in one of the worst nuclear disasters in history at the Fukushima Daiichi station.<br/> <br />The minister in charge of energy says the government will follow the Nuclear Regulation Authority's recommendations about which reactors to restart.<br/> <br />But the agency's chairman said Friday that the three-year deadline is impossible to meet.<br/> <br />As part of its inspections, the authority is determining which plants sit on active faultlines vulnerable to earthquakes.<br/> <br />Last year's meltdown has prompted large protests as reactors are restarted, giving momentum to the movement to scrap Japan's nuclear energy program altogether.
