New Seismic Faults Found, Another Plant May Be Doomed

The Higishidori nuclear plant was inspected for active seismic faults this week. Five experts from the Japan NRA inspected the F3 fault that runs north-south through the plant.

“Shimazaki said a shift in a different fault under the compound may be related to an active fault.”

There was no immediate consensus of the experts. The plant owner claims the fault is not active but was showing “water swelling”. The NRA is expecting to have a decision on Higishidori late next week.

The Tsuruga nuclear plant inspected earlier was found to have an active fault running directly under the #2 reactor at the plant. #2 is the newer of the two units. The seismic experts looking at the plant faults seems in consensus that the Tsuruga fault is active and the plant should not restart.

Meanwhile PM Noda wants the Tsuruga plant owner to decide to voluntarily decommission the plant.

This article would not be possible without the extensive efforts of the SimplyInfo research team
Join the conversation at chat.simplyinfo.org

All content is copyright SimplyInfo.org. Content may also be copyright of other specific original authors or creators and was reproduced here with limited permission. While we welcome the sharing of information or promoting our work, please do so with respect to the large amount of effort and time that goes into our research and analysis. Referring to something or a quote is great, copying it all or in substantial parts is not so great. If you wish to reproduce any of our content in full or in more than a phrase or quote, please contact us first to obtain permission. If you are viewing this content on any website other than www.simplyinfo.org it may be plagiarized, please let us know.