16 Mai 2015
May 16, 2015
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20150516p2g00m0dm007000c.html
KAGOSHIMA (Kyodo) -- An antinuclear group embarked Saturday on a 311-kilometer march to protest against the restart of the Sendai plant in southwestern Japan, which is expected to be reactivated in late July at the earliest.
About 20 people will take turns participating in the 12-day march through May 27 from the city of Kagoshima to the headquarters of Kyushu Electric Power Co. in Fukuoka, which operates the two-unit Sendai nuclear complex in Kagoshima Prefecture.
The distance of the march was chosen to reflect the date of the March 11, 2011 disaster, often referred to as 3/11, when a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the 1986 Chernobyl accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
Protesters are scheduled to submit to Kyushu Electric signatures of 100,000 people calling for meetings to explain to local residents the planned restart of the Sendai plant.
The Fukushima disaster has resulted in all of Japan's nuclear reactors being shut down by the end of September 2013 amid safety concerns. The No.1 unit at the Sendai plant is seen as the closest to resumption after obtaining a safety clearance last September.
May 16, 2015(Mainichi Japan)