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Major Energy and Environmental News and Commentary affecting the Nuclear Industry.

Monday, November 5, 2012

The Battle Over the Oi Nuclear Plant's Seismic ...

Experts split over Oi plant fault / Inability to agree raises questions over whether ...

The Daily Yomiuri -
Experts split over Oi plant fault / Inability to agree raises questions over whether reactors are safe. The Yomiuri Shimbun. Experts remain divided over whether an active fault runs under Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, ...http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121105003218.htm

Fukushima Watch: Active or Not? The Battle Over the Oi Nuclear Plant's Seismic ...

Wall Street Journal (blog) -
Japan's new nuclear regulator could this week recommend that the country's sole pair of online reactors be shut again — a mere three months after they were restarted. The decision hangs on the deliberations of a group of four scientists charged with figuring ...http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/11/05/fukushima-watch-active-or-not-the-battle-over-the-oi-nuclear-plants-seismic-fault/

Experts call for more studies on fault at Japan's only active nuclear plant

Asahi Shimbun -
Japan's new nuclear watchdog remained split over whether an active fault runs underneath emergency equipment at a nuclear power plant, delaying a decision on the fate of the nation's only running reactors. A team of five experts under the Nuclear ...http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201211050072

Japan Regulator Delays Decision on Fault Under Ohi Plant

Businessweek -
Japan delayed a decision on the future of the Ohi nuclear plant as seismologists under the Nuclear Regulation Authority conflicted over whether an earthquake fault line under the station is active or not. Two reactors at the plant are the only ones running in ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-04/japan-regulator-delays-decision-on-fault-under-ohi-plant

Decision on Japan Nuke Plant Fault Line Postponed

ABC News - ‎Nov 4, 2012‎
Experts have postponed a decision on whether a fault line underneath Japan's only operating nuclear plant is active and the facility should be closed. A five-member team commissioned by the Nuclear Regulation Agency inspected the Ohi plant in western ...http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-11-04/japan-regulator-delays-decision-on-fault-under-ohi-plant

Decision on fault under Oi nuclear plant deferred

The Daily Yomiuri - ‎Nov 4, 2012‎
Decision on fault under Oi nuclear plant deferred. Jiji Press. Nuclear regulators deferred a decision Sunday as to whether an active fault runs under Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture. Outside experts who participated in the ...http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T121104002958.htm

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