Report Japan nuclear plant on fault line

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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan, July 19 (UPI) -- The Japanese power plant damaged in a major earthquake on Monday sits atop a major geological fault line, officials reported Thursday. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata prefecture is the world's largest nuclear power plan abercrombie and fitch jackets, and was designed to withstand an earthquake up to a magnitude of 6.5, the Kyodo news agency reported. However, Monday's quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale. With each increase of 0.2 in magnitude, the energy of the quake doubles. Tokyo Electric President Tsunehisa Katsumata was seen on television Wednesday bowing in apology at the site soon after the company said it had identified at least 50 quake-related problems at the shut-down plant, a New York Times correspondent reported. Among the problems was that several hundreds barrels of radioactive waste tipped over during the quake Abercrombie & fitch sale, releasing 317 gallons of material into the Sea of Japan in the northwestern coastal city www.cheapabercrombienfitch.com, the report said. At least 10 people were killed by the earthquake, officials said.

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