The Next Fukushima? Active Fault Line Discovered Directly Below Japanese Nuclear Power Plant
By Tyler Durden
Five years after the Fukushima disaster, things are getting worse.
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Eight faults run under the premises of the Shika power station. Of these, three faults called S-1, S-2 and S-6 have been subject to close scrutiny. The S-1 fault lies directly under the No. 1 reactor building, a facility designated as an important facility under the new regulatory criteria.
Although stratum slippage at the S-2 and S-6 faults does not reach the surface, these faults run immediately under the Nos. 1 and 2 reactor turbine buildings. This means the No. 2 reactor cannot be reactivated unless measures are taken to reinforce its safety, such as increasing the reactor’s earthquake-resistance level and changing the layout of its piping.
This being Japan, however, where Tepco was hiding for years the full severity of the Fukushima explosion and putting millions of people in danger in the process, denial is rife and the power company has already submitted an application for a safety inspection of the No. 2 reactor, asserting that the fault is not active, based on its own investigation. No difference in levels has been
discovered in other locations along the S-1 fault, according to the
company. The utility also intends to file a similar application regarding the No. 1 reactor in the near future.
Because if you can’t trust a Japanese nuclear utility company who can you trust.
After taking the panel’s conclusion into account, the Nuclear Regulation Authority will make a decision during safety reviews as to whether the fault in question is active. We expect its opinion will be well greased by a modest monetary exchange under the table. What is most disturbing however, is that as the Amari bribe scandal showed, in Japan even when bribes are involved the amount of money is so modest that it hardly merits putting people’s lives in danger, and yet that’s precisely what will happen.
On the other hand, since global central bankers have made hope into a strategy, in fact the only strategy, why should the threat of another Japanese catastrophe be exempt?
Source: The Next Fukushima? Active Fault Line Discovered Directly Below Japanese Nuclear Power Plant
