Japan Nuclear Regulator Orders More Quake Checks, Kyodo Says

Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency ordered Kansai Electric Power Co. and Japan Atomic Energy Agency to conduct additional checks for earthquake fault lines under the Mihama atomic plant and the fast-breeder reactor Monju in western Japan, Kyodo News reported.

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