A panel of experts under the Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to continue examining a fault running under the Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, rejecting calls by one of its members that the facility immediately cease operations.
It was the panel's second meeting since its members conducted an on-site geological survey Nov. 2 at the Oi complex, the only nuclear plant to be reactivated following the Fukushima disaster last year. As part of the survey, they examined the F-6 crushing belt fault that runs directly below critical pipes carrying coolant water for reactors 3 and 4 during emergencies.
The two units were restarted in July amid a public outcry.