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Aomori's seismic intensity 6-strong quake exposes the reckless gamble of clustering nuclear facilities along Japan's most volatile fault lines. The Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant, Higashidori reactor and under-construction Ōma plant all faced forces exceeding routine safety simulations, proving atomic energy remains fundamentally incompatible with the country's earthquake-prone archipelago.