Japan: 2 Reactors Are Cleared to Restart

NYTの記事、'Japan: 2 Reactors Are Cleared to Restart'　By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSから。

'Japan has cleared the way to restart two idled nuclear reactors in coming months for the first time since the nuclear crisis in Fukushima last year, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Monday. The decision was made after the two Ohi reactors in western Fukui Prefecture passed a set of stress tests. After an earthquake and tsunami caused reactors at the Fukushima reactor complex to melt down last March, the government shut down all of the country’s 54 reactors to test their ability to withstand similar disasters. Only three reactors are now operating.'

＊　clear the way [for someone] to ... (障害物を取り除いて)[人が]...する道を開く

＊　withstand　... ...に耐える、持ちこたえる