(Portugal Twitter)-Almost two months after the earthquake which damaged a nuclear power plant in Fukushima, in northeastern Japan, the Japanese prime minister ordered the closure of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant due to seismic risk.
Kan demanded to be given assurances that the site could withstand major earthquakes and tsunamis before being reopened.
"The relevant authorities including the Ministry of Science, showed that the possibility of a magnitude-8 earthquake hit the area Hamaoka the next 30 years is 87%," Kan said.
I ordered the Chubu Electric Power to cease operations for all the scholars of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant," said Naoto Kan, at a press conference in Tokyo. The head of government, said the decision was taken "for the safety of the residents' and due to the" enormous impact that a serious accident in central Hamaoka may have on the whole of Japanese society.
Four of the six reactors at the plant exploded. The area within a radius of 20 km of the reactor was isolated, forcing 80,000 residents to flee their homes. BBC Brazil - All rights reserved. It is forbidden any reproduction without written permission from the.
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