Japanese plant in harm's way will suspend nuclear power production

Monday, May 9, 2011 - 11:30 in Physics & Chemistry

The Chubu company's Hamaoka facility is considered vulnerable in case of a strong earthquake and tsunami.A Japanese utility agreed Monday to take its reactors offline at a seaside nuclear power plant, just days after Prime Minister Naoto Kan called for the shutdown over concerns that a strong earthquake and tsunami could provoke another nuclear crisis.

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