Moscow - Two of the last reactor is still operating at a nuclear power plant (NPP) Hamaoka, Japan, was stopped on Saturday over fears of a major earthquake, according to Kyodo news agency.
Chubu Electric Power Company said it had stopped reactor number four and number five at the request of the Japanese government.
Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said last week that the Japanese authorities decided to discontinue the two reactors are due to the risk of earthquakes with magnitude 8.0 force in the territory of Japan facing the Pacific Ocean.
Reactor number one and number two, was built in the 1970s, was shut down two years ago, while number three was stopped for repairs.
There is a possibility of 87 per cent of major earthquakes will occur in the region in the next 30 years.
The Japanese government has been reviewing the security of all its nuclear reactors, amounting to 54 units since the earthquake and tsunamis devastating March 11 Fukushima nuclear power plant in the northeastern part of the main island of Honshu, and cause the leakage of radiation.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Geological Survey agency reported that the 6.2 magnitude earthquake occurred east of Honshu on Saturday at 8:35 local time (6:35 GMT). There were no reports of damage or casualties and no tsunami warning.
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