Japan shuts down Hamaoka NPP over unfavorable quake forecast

The last two operating reactors of Japan’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant were shut on Saturday down over fears of a major earthquake, the Kyodo news agency said. Chubu Electric Co. said it had halted reactors No. 4 and No. 5 on a request from the Japanese government. Japan’s Prime Minister Naoto Kan said last week […]