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JIJI PRESS

NRA Experts End Fault Survey at Shika Nuclear Plant

  Shika, Ishikawa Pref., Feb. 23 (Jiji Press)--An experts' team of the Nuclear Regulation Authority ended its two-day geological research to examine whether faults under Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s <9505> Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, are active or not. 

  The five-member team checked faults including one called S-1, which runs beneath the building for the power plant's No. 1 reactor.

  As to the S-1 fault, NRA Commissioner Kunihiko Shimazaki, who led the team, told reporters that members of the team appear to "have awareness of the problem to a certain degree."

  The five members are expected to hold a meeting next month at the earliest to exchange opinions based on the latest survey.

  If the NRA determines that any of faults running under important facilities of the Shika plant is active, Hokuriku Electric will have to decommission the plant based on Japanese nuclear plant safety standards.

(2014/02/23-21:06)