A Japanese nuclear regulator Friday suggested that earthquake faults beneath the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in Aomori Prefecture could be active and dangerous, Kyodo News reported.
A Japanese nuclear regulator Friday suggested that earthquake faults
beneath the Higashidori nuclear power plant site in
Aomori
Prefecture
could
be active and dangerous, Kyodo News reported.
Nuclear Regulation Authority Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki made the
suggestion at a press conference after a two-day on-the-spot survey of the
plant site owned by Tohoku Electric Power Co.
Shimazaki and other survey participants will meet next Thursday to consider the
survey results.
If they suspect the faults are active, it may be difficult for Tohoku Electric
to restart the plant now left offline amid safety concerns after the March 2011
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
The Higashidori plant has one reactor with another reactor being planned. The
reactor entered commercial operation in December 2005 and suspended operation
for regular checkups in February 2011.
The second reactor construction plan has been left uncertain since the
Fukushima
accident.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. has a plan to build two rectors at a site neighboring
the Higashidori plant. Construction of the first started in January 2011 and
has been suspended since the
Fukushima
accident.
Shimazaki also indicated that the TEPCO plan could be affected because the
faults beneath the Higashidori plant site stretch to the planned TEPCO plant
site.
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