Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
December 11, 2012
Tokyo Reviews Fault Line Under Plant
TOKYO?A panel of Japanese government-appointed experts concluded Monday that a nuclear reactor in the western part of the country is likely sitting on an active earthquake fault?a finding that may lead to it becoming the first reactor shut down for earthquake concerns.
A fault running directly underneath the Unit 2 reactor of the Tsuruga plant, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. and located about 330 kilometers (200 miles) west of Tokyo, "could be an active one," the panel said in a meeting to review an on-site investigation carried out Dec. 1-2 into faults within the plant's premises.
More: The Wall Street Journal
Tokyo Reviews Fault Line Under Plant
TOKYO?A panel of Japanese government-appointed experts concluded Monday that a nuclear reactor in the western part of the country is likely sitting on an active earthquake fault?a finding that may lead to it becoming the first reactor shut down for earthquake concerns.
A fault running directly underneath the Unit 2 reactor of the Tsuruga plant, operated by Japan Atomic Power Co. and located about 330 kilometers (200 miles) west of Tokyo, "could be an active one," the panel said in a meeting to review an on-site investigation carried out Dec. 1-2 into faults within the plant's premises.
More: The Wall Street Journal