Regulator chief questions court ruling to ban Takahama restart

Regulator chief questions court ruling to ban Takahama restart

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, at a press conference in Tokyo on April 15, 2015, questions the Fukui District Court injunction issued the day before, banning the restart of two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama plant. Tanaka said the regulator's safety standards are "at the highest level in the world." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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