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Why Worry? Japan's Nuclear Plants at Grave Risk From Quake Damage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Ishibashi Gaku
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I had warned that a major earthquake would strike the Chuetsu region around Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, and about the fundamental vulnerability of nuclear power plants.

The 6.8 magnitude temblor of July 16 caused considerable damage to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power plant operated by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), proving me right.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 8 , August 2007 , e11
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