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Japan refuses to restart nuclear reactor due to seismic fault

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In earthquake-prone Japan, it is forbidden to build reactors or other important facilities directly above faults.

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has announced that a reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant has failed safety tests to restart. This was reported by Kyodo on Wednesday, November 13th.

This is the first case since the Fukushima disaster in 2011.

After the inspection of reactor No. 2, the possibility of an active fault under the building was identified, which contradicts the requirements for locating nuclear facilities in seismic zones.

In earthquake-prone Japan, it is forbidden to build reactors or other important facilities directly above faults.

Earlier in July, the watchdog’s working group concluded that it could not rule out the possibility that the active fault, located about 300 meters north of the reactor building, also does not extend directly under the facility. The review was suspended twice due to errors in Japan Atomic Power’s documentation.

Japan is currently evaluating 27 of the country’s 35 reactors, and 17 of these have already received approval.

Japan updated its regulatory system in 2012 and introduced a series of new safety requirements in July 2013 to address lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

Let’s remember that in March 2011, an earthquake occurred in Japan, which caused a tsunami. A giant wave leads to an accident at a nuclear power plant Fukushima-1.

Earthquake in Japan March 11, 2011: account of events
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