Investigation at Tsuruga plant over active faults

TSURUGA, Japan - A team from the Nuclear Regulation Authority examines faults at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture on Dec. 1, 2012, as they started a field survey to check whether active faults are running directly underneath reactors at the plant.

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