the team began to tlook at an area where part of a fault is visible in the ground. they scraped the soil to get a better view. it reached criticality in 1994 but shortly after that a series much accidents and technical problems force operators to take it offline. it has been mostly idle since then. they have ordered investigations into this and five other nuclear facilities. in may they determined that a fault beneath the plant is active. >>> british lawmakers passed a bill legalizing same-sex marria marriage. the queen must sign the bill and it will become law. same sex couples in britain have been allowed to enter into civil partnerships since 2005. such unions carry the same legal rights as marriage. but full recognition has been on the rise. the new law would not force the church of england to accept same sex weddings. other governments have recently moved to give more rights to same sex couples. germa germany's constitutional court ruled that same sex couples should be granted the same tax advantages as heterosexuals and the supreme court ruled that a law was u