Tokyo Electric launches new study on Niigata undersea faults

Tokyo Electric launches new study on Niigata undersea faults

NIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co., which saw its key Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture crippled by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake last month, sends a seismic research ship out to sea on Aug. 27 to study undersea faults off Niigata and determine the structural safety of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant. The study involves an area of 140 km by 50 km off the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa coast. The research ship is seen heading out to sea from the port of Niigata in the morning of Aug. 27.

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