Nuclear Regulator says fault below central Japan reactor active

Nuclear Regulator says fault below central Japan reactor active

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, attends a meeting of the watchdog in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. The nuclear safety body approved in the meeting a conclusion by geological experts that a fault below a reactor at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shika nuclear plant in central Japan may be active, a decision that could lead to scrapping of the unit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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