Metrotvnews.com, Tokyo: Prime Minister of Japan, Naoto Kan, Friday (6 / 5), Chubu Electric Power asked the company to close factory Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant. It is feared, another strong quake also triggered a nuclear crisis.
Closure request was made in a press conference. He called for a nuclear reactor at the plant, located 200 kilometers from Japan, it immediately stop operating. That decision, said Kan, taken from a concern for the safety of citizens as well.
Because the Hamaoka nuclear power plant near an active earthquake zone of Japan. The Japanese government estimates there are chances of 87 percent will be earthquakes with magnitude 8 or even more strongly in the next 30 years.
Earlier, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, Banri Kaieda, has visited the Hamaoka nuclear power plant, on Thursday. The aim is to examine measures to increase preparedness in the earthquake.
With the lid Hamaoka nuclear power plant, Japan's energy supply would be reduced 3.5 gigawatts. As a result, the Government of Japan hopes that the savings in energy use.