Tthe Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan. Photo / AP
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 Japan last week to check a suspected fault
line. Two of Ohi's four reactors resumed operation in July for the first time
since a nuclear crisis last year at a separate plant hit by a quake and
tsunami.
The experts agreed Sunday that part of Ohi's underground structure slid
as far back as 125,000 years ago but they couldn't tell if it was because of an
active fault line. They will meet again this week. Chief regulator Shunichi
Tanaka has suggested a plant closure if the fault line is judged active.
Source: NZ Herald
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