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New safety requirements for reactors

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka speaks at an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on June 19, 2013. The NRT at the meeting officially decided on Japan's new safety requirements for reactors aimed at preventing recurrences of disasters like the one at the Fukushima Daiichi complex in 2011.

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Fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka attends an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. The NRT accepted an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan sits above an active fault, making it increasingly difficult for the facility to resume operation.

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Fault below Tsuruga reactor is active

TOKYO, Japan - Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka (R at rear) attends an NRT regular meeting in Tokyo on May 22, 2013. The NRT accepted an assessment that a reactor at the Tsuruga plant in western Japan sits above an active fault.