London: AU Optronics (AUO) has suspended production indefinitely at its Japanese PV unit, polysilicon and wafer maker M Setek, in the wake of the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in recorded history. . M Setek employs 700 staff in hard-hit Fukushima prefecture, where more than 200,000 people have been evacuated due to fears of radiation poisoning afterexplosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant..

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