Osaka court rejects demand to halt nuclear reactor

A Japanese court has rejected a suit by local residents demanding 2 nuclear power reactors in central Japan be turned off. The court said the reactors are safe.

The No. 3 and 4 reactors at the Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture are the only 2 online in Japan following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Operator Kansai Electric Power Company turned the reactors back on in August last year after government tests deemed them safe.

But 262 residents of Fukui Prefecture and nearby areas filed a suit demanding a court injunction to turn them off, saying they could cause a serious accident.

The plaintiffs said control rods to halt operations would not go into the reactors in time in a strong earthquake simultaneously involving 3 active faults in the region.
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