Japan may scrap nuclear plant sited over active seismic fault

straitstimes.com
December 10, 2012

Geologists said on Monday a Japanese nuclear plant may be sited over an active seismic fault, indicating that it will probably be scrapped.

All five experts tasked by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) with investigating the tectonic situation underneath Tsuruga plant in Fukui prefecture said it showed signs of geologically recent movement.

Under government guidelines, atomic installations cannot be sited on a fault – the meeting place of two or more of the plates that make up the earth’s crust – if it is still classed as active.

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This article was posted: Monday, December 10, 2012 at 10:55 am

Tags: foreign affairs, radiation, science, technology

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