COURT REJECTS SUIT REQUESTING HALT OF WESTERN JAPAN NUCLEAR REACTOR - HIROSHIMA JAPAN

COURT REJECTS SUIT REQUESTING HALT OF WESTERN JAPAN NUCLEAR REACTOR - HIROSHIMA JAPAN

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HIROSHIMA

A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co in western Japan.

In the lawsuit at the Hiroshima District Court, plaintiffs, including survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings, claimed there is a high likelihood of a serious accident at the Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor if an earthquake or volcanic eruption strikes the area.

But Presiding Judge Kazumi Ohama said, "We cannot say that there are actual risks to harming the lives and bodies of the plaintiffs."

The reactor, located on a narrow peninsula in Ehime Prefecture, was restarted in 2016 after clearing Nuclear Regulation Authority safety screenings based on stricter standards introduced following the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in Fukushima Prefecture that caused a major nuclear accident.

The number of plaintiffs in the lawsuit, first filed in 2016, totaled 337, including 38 survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"We believe the court accepted our arguments that the safety of the Ikata No. 3 unit has been secured," Shikoku Electric said, adding it will continue efforts to ensure safe operations.

The plaintiffs argued the utility's risk assessment in the event of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the Pacific and a violent eruption of Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan is insufficient.

Shikoku Electric said its evaluation is based on the government's projection of the largest possible earthquake and that a massive volcanic eruption is highly unlikely.

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