Kyodo Mar 9, 2016
OTSU, SHIGA PREF. – A court has issued a surprise injunction to halt operations at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture, siding with residents from neighboring Shiga Prefecture worried about the safety of the plant.
The order, by the Otsu District Court in Shiga, is likely to lead to an immediate halt of the No. 3 reactor, which was restarted in late January.
The judgment — the first of its kind (…)