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Japanese court orders nuclear reactors offline | Japanese court orders nuclear reactors offline |
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A court in Japan has ordered Kansai Electric Power to shut down two of its reactors in Takahama, western Japan. | A court in Japan has ordered Kansai Electric Power to shut down two of its reactors in Takahama, western Japan. |
The Otsu District Court ruling came after complaints by local residents about the safety of the plant. | The Otsu District Court ruling came after complaints by local residents about the safety of the plant. |
It comes ahead of the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. | It comes ahead of the fifth anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that led to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. |
Japan gradually shut down all the country's nuclear plants after the accident but some have now been allowed to restart, despite public unease. | |
Why is Japan restarting its nuclear reactors? | |
The Takahama plant has been told to shut immediately, local media reported, saying this is the first ruling issued in Japan against an operating nuclear plant. | |
The company says it will quickly appeal against the ruling. | The company says it will quickly appeal against the ruling. |
Of the two reactors ordered to shut down, only the No 3 reactor is currently running. The No 4 reactor was taken offline last month after a technical problem just days after it restarted. | |
Only two other reactors, in Sendai, have been allowed to operate again in Japan under new safety rules. | |
The meltdown at Fukushima happened after the plant was hit by a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake in March 2011. | |
It was the worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. | |
Almost 16,000 people died and more than 2,500 are still listed as missing. None of the deaths, however, have been linked to the nuclear disaster, although there were a number of deaths in the subsequent evacuation. |