In 2005, Tokyo High Court rejected claim that an active fault existed near the nuke plant

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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070719a1.html

"The troubles in the power plant by the latest earthquake revealed that the government's safety checks as well as a Tokyo High Court ruling are not sufficient," said Tetsuji Imanaka, associate professor at Kyoto University Research Reactor Institute.

In 2005, the Tokyo High Court rejected a lawsuit by local residents seeking to revoke a state permit on the installation of the No. 1 reactor at the seven-reactor power station.

The court rejected the plaintiffs' argument that an active fault exists near the station, saying that what they claimed to be an active fault did not even amount to a fault and could not cause a quake.

"It is true that electric power companies don't want to spend much money for earthquake-proof construction," Imanaka said.

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1. Shinzo Abe response

I read a funny fake Shinzo Abe response to the reactor debacle here

http://www.newsgroper.com/shinzo-abe/2007/07/20/the-real-disaster-was-our-pr-department

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3. welcome to DU NatGroene!!

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2. This High Court guys...they experts in determining these sort of things? I guess they are NOOBs

They make decisions based on GUT FEELINGs?