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Wednesday
Feb152012

Fukushima Nuclear Plant at High Risk for Major Earthquake 

A new study shows that last year's catastrophic earthquake in Japan caused a seismic fault close to the Fukushima nuclear plant to reactivate, meaning another major earthquake could strike the area again, this time even closer to the Fukushima plant.

The new information (pdf) is published in European Geosciences Union's journalSolid Earth.

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