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Japan: Questions remain over tsunami safety measures at Hamaoka nuclear plant

Source(s): Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd., the - Mainichi Daily news, the
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by Flickr user pictinas / Daisuke Tomiyasu, Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/pictinas/5702428165/

Researchers have reservations about the coastal barrier that is being built at Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture in the wake of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear complex, as reported by the Mainichi Daily news. To independently check the reliability of the tsunami countermeasures, the Shizuoka Prefectural Government formed a tsunami committee within its disaster prevention and nuclear power science council.

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Hazards Technical disaster Tsunami NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical
Themes Urban risk and planning Fragility and conflict Structural safety
Country and region Japan
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