Japan Atomic may have to decommission plant as active fault found

Japan Atomic may have to decommission plant as active fault found Yahoo! News (blog) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Atomic Power Co. may have to decommission one of its reactors after seismologists concluded the plant is sitting over an active faultline, potentially the first permanent shutdown of a nuclear unit in Japan since the Fukushima ...http://news.yahoo.com/japan-atomic-may-decommission-plant-active-fault-found-100950629--finance.html Scientists say seismic fault underneath Japanese nuclear reactor is likely to be ... The Province - ‎3 hours ago‎ TOKYO - A team of Japanese geologists says a seismic fault running underneath a nuclear plant in western Japan is likely to be active, which could force the scrapping of one of its two reactors. The five-member panel commissioned by the Nuclear Regulation ...http://www.theprovince.com/news/Scientists+seismic+fault+underneath+Japanese+nuclear+reactor/7676045/story.html#axzz2EgUthbAD Japan Nuclear Plant Found Sitting on Quake Fault Wall Street Journal - ‎6 hours ago‎ 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 ...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324024004578171044070829394.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Japan may scrap nuke plant on fault line Bangkok Post - ‎8 hours ago‎ Geologists said Monday a Japanese nuclear plant may be sited over an active seismic fault, indicating that it will probably be scrapped. A police boat patrols near the Monju nuclear reactor in Tsuruga in Fukui prefecture in May 2010. All five experts tasked by ...http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/325470/japan-may-scrap-nuclear-plant-over-seismic-fault

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