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Japan's Nuclear Watchdog Halts Plant's Reactor Safety Screening Over Falsified Data


An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: Japan's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it is scrapping the safety screening for two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, after its operator was found to have fabricated data about earthquake risks. It was a setb...

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