The report, discussed at a regular session of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, indicated the potentially alarming readings of ground acceleration did not appear to pose an immediate safety threat to the facility in Shika on the Noto Peninsula.

File photo taken on December, 2023, shows Hokuriku Electric Power Co.’s Shika nuclear power plant in Shika in central Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

The magnitude-7.6 quake hit the power plant as the authority, a government affiliate, was screening proposed safety measures toward reactivating one of its two reactors operated by Hokuriku Electric Power Co. Both were offline when the quake occurred on New Year’s Day.