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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Active fault may lie under Shika N-plant

Active fault may lie under Shika N-plant

The Daily Yomiuri -
A reactor building of the Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture may have been built over an active fault, which could unleash an earthquake, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has disclosed. The existence of an active fault below ...

NISA warns of active fault beneath Shika nuke plant

Asahi Shimbun -
A geological fault line that runs directly beneath a reactor building at the Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa Prefecture is likely an active one, a government agency has warned, despite the plant operator's repeated assertion over 25 years that it is ...

Fault under Japan nuclear plant may be active, government says

BusinessGhana -
The fault line under a nuclear power plant on the Sea of Japan may be more active than previously thought, according to government research cited by media Tuesday. Research by the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) indicated that the fault ...

Geological Fault Activity Detected Under Japanese Nuclear Plant

Prensa Latina -
17 de julio de 2012, 11:18Tokyo, Jul 17 (Prensa Latina) An investigation by the Agency for Nuclear and Industrial Safety in Japan (ASNI) has detected activity on the fault line beneath the Shika Japanese nuclear power plant, near the Sea of Japan.

Shika nuclear plant may sit on active fault

The Japan Times -
Government research indicates the fault running beneath Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika Nuclear Power Station may be active, raising questions about the utility's claim in the late 1990s to the contrary, according to sources.

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