Faults at Higashidori nuclear plant

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Dec. 14, 2012, shows a panel of experts conducting a survey on a geologic fault called F-9 (marked with white dots) at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori atomic power plant in Aomori Prefecture. The panel agreed Dec. 20, 2012, that faults under the nuclear plant are likely to be active, rejecting earlier arguments by the utility.