A Japanese court has rejected an injunction against Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama-3 nuclear power plant, the first and only reactor unit in Japan to be in operation for more than 40 years, the company said on Tuesday (20 December).
The Osaka District Court’s ruling allows the 780-MW pressurised water reactor unit, which began commercial operation in December 1976, to continue operating after it had restarted under stricter safety and anti-terrorism standards introduced after the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident.
The plaintiffs, comprising a group of local residents of Fukui, Shiga and Kyoto prefectures, near the Mihama station, had sought to stop the ageing reactor over safety concerns, Kyodo news agency reported.
The Osaka District Court’s ruling allows the 780-MW pressurised water reactor unit, which began commercial operation in December 1976, to continue operating after it had restarted under stricter safety and anti-terrorism standards introduced after the 2011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident.
The plaintiffs, comprising a group of local residents of Fukui, Shiga and Kyoto prefectures, near the Mihama station, had sought to stop the ageing reactor over safety concerns, Kyodo news agency reported.
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