Experts confirm Tsuruga reactor fault as active

Experts confirm Tsuruga reactor fault as active

TOKYO, Japan - Two reactors at Japan Atomic Power Co.'s nuclear power station in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, are shown in this file photo taken in May 2013. An expert panel at the Nuclear Regulation Authority reaffirmed on Nov. 19, 2014, its earlier judgment that the No. 2 reactor, shown in the upper part of the photo, sits right above an active fault.

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