5/8/2011 JST | Hamaoka tsunami measures 'insufficient'

Source: The Daily Yomiuri
Date: Sunday May 8, 2011 JST

The Yomiuri Shimbun

Prime Minister Naoto Kan asked that the operation of all reactors at the controversial Hamaoka nuclear power station be suspended because the government deemed the plant's precautions against damage from a giant earthquake and tsunami to be insufficient.

On Friday, Kan asked plant operator Chubu Electric Power Co. to halt all the reactors, including the currently operating Nos. 4 and 5 reactors.

The safety of the Hamaoka plant has been widely questioned in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake because a so-called Tokai earthquake has been predicted near the plant in the near future. As the entire nation is earthquake prone, Kan's request is expected to have ramifications for other nuclear plants in coastal areas.
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