The news has finally come out on a long-awaited subject: the first determination by Japan's new Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) that a nuclear plant in Japan lies on a seismic fault determined to be active.

Restart of the nation's nuclear reactors will be guided by its actions

Implementation of the energy policy announced last week will keep reactors running well into the second half of the 21^st century.

Domestic liability laws and international issues may put limits on the country's ambitious plans to build new reactors