Unknown active sea-bottom fault found near Ohma nuclear plant to restart construction

A Japanese power company plans to finish building Japan’s first nuclear power station to run exclusively on recycled fuel, a mixture of plutonium extracted from spent fuel and uranium, which is called Ohma nuclear plant. [Link]

However, On 10/13/2012, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology and Tokai university found an active sea-bottom fault at 40~50km south-west to Ohma nuclear plant. This active fault was not known before.

So far, they confirmed it’s at least 14km long but it could be extended.

The power company, J-Power doesn’t take the risk into consideration to build the nuclear plant.

 

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日本の電力会社が、日本初の全炉心で再生燃料(使用済燃料から抽出したプルトニウムをウランに混ぜた燃料)が使用できる大間原発の建設を計画しています。
しかし、2012年10月13日に産業技術総合研究所と東海大学のチームは、大間原発の南西40~50kmの海域に海底活断層を発見しました。活断層の存在は今まで知られていませんでした。これまでに確認された限り、長さは最短でも14kmですが、さらに延びるとみられます。
電力会社のJ-Powerは、原発建設の際に活断層のリスクを考慮していません。

 

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Français :

Une nouvelle faille active sous-marine découverte près de la centrale nucléaire d’Ohma dont la construction va reprendre

Une entreprise de production d’électricité nippone prévoie de finir la construction de la toute première centrale nucléaire à fonctionner avec des combustibles recyclés, un mélange de plutonium extrait des combustibles usagés et d’uranium, centrale nucléaire nommée Ohma. [Lien]

Toutefois, le 13 octobre 2012, le National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology et l’université de Tokai ont découvert une faille active au fond de la mer à 40-50 km au sud-ouest de la centrale d’Ohma. Cette faille active était inconnue jusqu’à présent.

Pour l’instant, ils ont établi qu’elle fait au moins 14 km de long mais ceci peut encore augmenter.

La compagnie électrique, J-Power, ne prend pas ce risque en compte pour sa centrale nucléaire.

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