Power shortages have become a major issue in Pakistan, with the government ordering an investigation into a nation-wide power cut on Sunday blamed on a technical fault in a plant in south-western Balochistan province.

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In Turkey, a proposed nuclear plant is now in question, because a fault line ran right smack down the middle of it.

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The panel has said the D-1 could move simultaneously with a major active fault called Urazoko located near the plant's No. 1 and No. 2 reactors, and could affect important facilities above it.

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The electricity network broke down on Sunday after a power plant in south-western Balochistan province developed a technical fault, officials say.

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's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant and Southern California Edison's San Onofre plant, both of which are on the Pacific Ocean, near fault zones.

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The D-1 fault runs beneath the No. 2 reactor, and the government doesn't allow nuclear-power plant operators to build reactors directly above active faults.

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