Asia Nuclear Reactors Face Tsunami Risk

The Huffington Post News Editors, Huffington Post
Tue, 04/19/2011 - 7:50am

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- The skeleton of what will soon be one of the world's biggest nuclear plants is slowly taking shape along China's southeastern coast – right on the doorstep of Hong Kong's bustling metropolis. Three other facilities nearby are up and running or under construction.Like Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi plant they lie within a few hundred miles of the type of fault known to unleash the largest tsunami-spawning earthquakes.Read More... More on Asia

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