A leading Japanese seismic expert may have thrown a spade into plans to bring back online at least one reactor complex located in the heart of the country's so-called "nuclear Ginza" in rural Fukui prefecture.
Yuichi Sugiyama, the head of a research team at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, has asserted a fault line running up against the Tsuruga nuclear plant is much longer and more dangerous than previously believed. That could delay a restart of Tsuruga's twin reactors by calling into question current safety standards.
It may also stymie efforts to bring online 11 other reactors in Fukui prefecture and plants elsewhere in Japan. (Wall Street Journal)
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