Fresh suit filed over planned restart of 4 Kansai Electric reactors

FUKUI, Japan - Plaintiffs head to the Fukui District Court on Dec. 5, 2014, to file for an injunction order to suspend the planned restart of four nuclear reactors in Fukui Prefecture operated by Kansai Electric Power Co. They are asking that the Nos. 3 and 4 reactors at the Takahama plant and Nos. 3 and 4 units at the Oi plant, currently offline for safety screening by the nuclear regulator, not be restarted.

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