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9 Mai 2014
May 9, 2014
High court turns down suit seeking suspension of Oi reactors
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20140509p2g00m0dm071000c.html
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The Osaka High Court on Friday turned down a lawsuit seeking to suspend the planned resumption of two reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant operated by Kansai Electric Power Co., upholding a lower court decision.
The suit was filed by a group of residents in western Japan.
The Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Oi plant in Fukui Prefecture on the Sea of Japan coast have been suspended since last September for regular checkups, and are now under examination by the Nuclear Regulation Authority to determine whether they can resume operations under Japan's new safety standards introduced last July.
The plaintiffs argued there are three faults near the Oi plant and that a major temblor caused by these faults could lead to a serious nuclear disaster.
In April last year, the Osaka District Court rejected the suit, determining such a temblor would not cause specific risks.
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