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Published online 17 July 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070716-3
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Japanese nuclear reactor under-designed for earthquake?
Rapid acceleration shakes up more than the ground in Japan.
An earthquake off the western coast of Japan yesterday hit a nuclear plant with more than twice the jolt that the plant was expected to have to handle. The shock seems to have done little immediate damage, but has raised concerns about whether Japan's nuclear plants are designed to withstand the kind of shaking they are likely to experience.
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