Japan was warned about inadequate safety rules of nuclear plants

The WikiLeaks has revealed that Japan was warned two years ago that its safety rules for the nuclear plants were not up to date and a strong earthquake would pose a serious problem to its nuclear power stations.Japan is now facing the prospect of a nuclear meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami.The Japanese government had then vowed that it would upgrade safety at all its nuclear plants and it built an emergency response center at the now stricken Fukushima plant that was designed to withstand earthquake of 7 magnitude. While the quake that rocked Japan Friday measured 9 on the Richter scale. The safety warnings about nuclear power plants in Japan were raised during the 2008 meeting of the G8s Nuclear Safety and Security Group in Tokyo.