Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - Kunihiko Shimazaki (R facing), commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as a field survey began to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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