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Ageing Japanese Nuclear Reactors Sitting on Earthquake Fault Lines [1]

"A rugged stretch of coastline known as Japan's Nuclear Alley is dotted with 14 nuclear reactors and now there are warnings that several of these ageing nuclear plants sit near, or on, active faultlines."



Mark Willacy reports for the Australian Broadcast Corporation September 7, 2012. [2]
 

Disasters [3]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [4]
International [5]
Public [6]
Source: Australian ABC [2], 09/10/2012
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/ageing-japanese-nuclear-reactors-sitting-earthquake-fault-lines [2] http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2012/s3585813.htm [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81