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[Breaking News]Court rejects lawsuit to halt Ikata nuclear reactor in western Japan

OITA, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - A court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor in western Japan amid safety concerns, finding that the earthquake and volcano risk assessments conducted by the plant operator were reasonable.(Kyodo)

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Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 2, 2023, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ikata in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.

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Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 2, 2023, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ikata in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.

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Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan

File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Dec. 2, 2023, shows the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ikata in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.

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Shikoku Electric chief notes progress on reactor restart

TAKAMATSU, Japan - Akira Chiba, president of Shikoku Electric Power Co., speaks at a press conference in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 25, 2014, calling "a step forward" the Nuclear Regulation Authority's screening of the utility's plan to reactivate the idled No. 3 reactor at its nuclear power plant in Ikata in neighboring Ehime Prefecture.

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Plaintiff group against Ikata nuclear plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A plaintiff group proceeds to the Matsuyama district court in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on June 24, 2014, to file a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of the Ikata Nuclear Power Plant of Shikoku Electric Power Co. The power plant has been idled since the nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Ikata power plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture. Reactor buildings Nos. 1, 3 and 2 are seen from left to right.

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Ikata power plant

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture.

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Ikata power plant

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (L) can be seen.

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Tsunami drill at Ikata nuclear plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Workers hose a tank during an exercise to prepare for possible tsunami damage at the Ikata nuclear power plant, operated by Shikoku Electric Power Co., in the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture, on April 18, 2011.

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'Pluthermal' power generation begins at Japan plant

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Seen here is the No. 3 reactor at the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture in western Japan on March 4, 2010. The nuclear plant became Japan's second ''pluthermal'' power-generating facility, using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel.

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Recycled nuclear fuel arrives at Ikata power plant in Shikoku

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Recycled nuclear fuel carried from France is unloaded from a cargo ship near Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture on May 27. Shikoku Electric plans to start using the plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel at the No. 3 reactor at the plant in January to launch so-called pluthermal, or plutonium-thermal, power generation in February.

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Ehime residents lose suit over gov't approval of nuke reactor

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A group of local residents walk into the Matsuyama District Court on Dec. 15 to hear the ruling on a lawsuit they filed to cancel the central government's 1977 approval of construction of a new reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The residents lost the lawsuit.

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Obuchi visits Ehime nuclear plant to assure safety

IKATA, Japan - Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (C) visits the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture on Dec. 12 to assure the safety of nuclear power plants despite the nation's worst nuclear accident at Tokaimura, Ibaraki Prefecture, in September. He saw a pool containing spent nuclear fuel at the Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor and other facilities.

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Nuclear power plants came

Nuclear power plants came,town mayor election,Iwai Island,Ikata Nuclear Power Plant==Date:unknown, Place:Kaminoseki, Yamaguchi, Japan,Photo:Kikujiro Fukushima

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Ikata nuclear power plant in Japan

File photo taken March 10, 2021, shows the No. 3 reactor (bottom) of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.

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Recycled nuclear fuel arrives at Ikata power plant in Shikoku

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Recycled nuclear fuel carried from France is unloaded from a cargo ship near Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in Ehime Prefecture on May 27. Shikoku Electric plans to start using the plutonium-uranium mixed oxide, or MOX, fuel at the No. 3 reactor at the plant in January to launch so-called pluthermal, or plutonium-thermal, power generation in February. (Kyodo)

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People protest against nuclear reactor restart

People stage a rally in front of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan on June 24, 2016, as the utility started loading the No. 3 reactor with nuclear fuel, aiming to restart it in late July. Concerns remain that a series of earthquakes in southwestern Japan since mid-April could trigger quakes along the median tectonic line running close to the Ikata reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People protest against nuclear reactor restart

People stage a rally in front of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan on June 24, 2016, as the utility started loading the No. 3 reactor with nuclear fuel, aiming to restart it in late July. Concerns remain that a series of earthquakes in southwestern Japan since mid-April could trigger quakes along the median tectonic line running close to the Ikata reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Utility starts loading Ikata reactor with nuclear fuel

Photo taken June 24, 2016, shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan. The utility started loading its No. 3 reactor with nuclear fuel, aiming to restart it in late July, despite concerns that a series of earthquakes in southwestern Japan since mid-April could trigger quakes along the median tectonic line running close to the Ikata reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Utility starts loading Ikata reactor with nuclear fuel

File photo taken March 25, 2016, shows the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan. The utility started loading the reactor with nuclear fuel on June 24, aiming to restart it in late July, despite concerns that a series of earthquakes in southwestern Japan since mid-April could trigger quakes along the median tectonic line running close to the Ikata reactor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protest staged in Japan against nuclear reactor restart

People hold placards in Matsuyama, Japan, on April 23, 2016, which say they will not accept the planned restart of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant. The protesters said that continued earthquakes in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures may cause geological damage to a zone near the Ikata plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku Electric's Ikata No. 1 nuclear reactor to be scrapped

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (L) informs Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura in Matsuyama, western Japan, on March 25, 2016 of the company's plan to scrap the No. 1 reactor of its Ikata nuclear complex in Ehima Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku Electric's Ikata No. 1 nuclear reactor to be scrapped

File photo taken in November 2015 shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The company plans to give up restarting the No. 1 reactor (C) of the plant and scrap it because extending the aging unit's lifespan would be hugely expensive, company sources said on March 25, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata No. 3 unit to be reactivated as early as July

File photo taken in November 2015 shows the No. 3 reactor (L) of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan. The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved the utility's plan to streamline facilities for emergencies on March 23, 2016, paving the way to reactivate the unit as early as in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku Electric to restart nuclear reactor as early as summer

File photo taken in November 2015 shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in the southwestern Japanese town of Ikata. It was reported on March 16, 2016, that an idled reactor there is set to restart as early as the upcoming summer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivors seeks shutdown of nuclear plant

Plaintiffs including survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings head to the Hiroshima District Court in the western Japan city on March 11, 2016, to file a lawsuit demanding a halt to the operation of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in western Japan. One of the plaintiffs said, "We know the awfulness of radiation through our own experience." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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More than half of local residents oppose Ikata nuclear plant restart

A group of local residents at the Ehime prefectural government building in western Japan on Dec. 9, 2015 says a recent survey showed 53.2 percent of respondents opposing the restart of a nuclear reactor. The No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant is expected to resume operations as early as the spring of 2016, following approval by the governor of Ehime in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Restart of Ikata reactor by end of 2015 difficult

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki attends a press conference in the western Japan city of Takamatsu on Oct. 29, 2015. He said it will be difficult to restart the No. 3 reactor at the company's Ikata plant by the end of the year, although its reactivation has been approved by the governor of Ehime Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves 3rd reactor restart since improved safety rules

People line up to protest the restart of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear reactor in front of the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015. Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura gave approval the same day for the restart of the No. 3 reactor of the power supplier's Ikata nuclear plant, the third of its kind to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves reactor restart in 3rd case under tougher rules

Photo taken in May 2015 shows the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura gave approval on Oct. 26 to restart the reactor, the third to resume operations under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves reactor restart in 3rd case under tougher rules

Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki (far R) speaks at a press conference at the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015 after gaining approval from Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura the same day to restart the power supplier's nuclear reactor. The No. 3 reactor of the Ikata plant will be the third reactor to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime gov. approves 3rd reactor restart since improved safety rules

Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura (R) informs Shikoku Electric Power Co. President Hayato Saeki of his approval of the restart of the power supplier's nuclear reactor at the Ehime prefectural government building on Oct. 26, 2015. The No. 3 reactor of the Ikata plant will be the third of its kind to resume operations in Japan under tougher safety rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Town assembly adopts petition to restart nuclear plant

Photo shows a meeting of the Ikata town assembly in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 6, 2015. The assembly adopted a petition to restart the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant the same day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local assembly agrees to restart another nuclear plant in Japan

Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura meets with reporters on Oct. 9, 2015, in Matsuyama, the capital of the western Japan prefecture, after the local assembly gave its consent to a plan to restart a nuclear power plant despite safety concerns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. The move paved the way for reactivating the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local assembly agrees to restart another nuclear plant in Japan

Photo taken Oct. 9, 2015, shows the assembly of the western Japan prefecture of Ehime giving its consent to a plan to restart a nuclear power plant despite safety concerns in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns. The move paved the way for reactivating the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't approves Ikata plant's evacuation plan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) attends a meeting on nuclear emergency preparedness in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2015. At the meeting, the government approved an evacuation plan presented by local governments around Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan, which is expected to resume its No. 3 reactor next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't approves Ikata plant's evacuation plan

People demand the decommissioning of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant on Oct. 6, 2015, in front of the municipal government building in Ikata, western Japan. The No. 3 reactor of the plant is expected to be resumed next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't approves Ikata plant's evacuation plan

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) attends a meeting on nuclear emergency preparedness in Tokyo on Oct. 6, 2015. At the meeting, the government approved an evacuation plan presented by local governments around Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata plant in western Japan, which is expected to resume its No. 3 reactor next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Gov't approves Ikata plant's evacuation plan

People demand the decommissioning of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant on Oct. 6, 2015, in front of the municipal government building in Ikata, western Japan. The No. 3 reactor of the plant is expected to be resumed next year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 western Japan cities brief residents on planned reactor restart

The Seiyo and Uwajima city offices in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, jointly host a meeting in Seiyo on Aug. 19, 2015, to hear government and utility officials explain the planned restart of the No. 3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata power station following safety approval given by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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City office near nuclear complex briefs residents on restart plan

Officials of the Yawatahama city office in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, hold a meeting with residents on Aug. 6, 2015, to brief them on a plan to restart Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s No. 3 nuclear reactor at its power plant in the adjacent town of Ikata. The Nuclear Regulation Authority gave the go-ahead for the resumption of the idled reactor in July. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ehime governor says will make own judgment on Ikata reactor safety

Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura tells the press in his office in Matsuyama, western Japan, on July 23, 2015, that he will have an expert group confirm the safety of the No.3 reactor at Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power station before making his own judgment on the advisability of restarting it. The Ikata No. 3 reactor passed the Nuclear Regulation Authority's safety test on July 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Officials explain safety measures to those living near nuclear plant

Shikoku Electric Power Co. officials (L) visit residents living within a 20-kilometer radius of its Ikata nuclear power station, located in Shikoku, one of Japan's main islands, on July 22, 2015. The officials explained how the No. 3 reactor of the Ikata complex won approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority for its safety measures against earthquakes, tsunami and other severe accidents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ikata unit deemed meeting NRA's requirements in restart process

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority holds a regular meeting in Tokyo on July 15, 2015. The regulators officially decided at the meeting that Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s applied design and safety features of unit 3 of the Ikata nuclear power plant fulfill the NRA's new regulatory requirements for commercial power reactors. The unit in Ehime Prefecture moved a step closer to restarting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

File photo taken in May 2015 shows Nos. 1 (far L), 2(C) and 3 reactors of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. The No. 3 reactor obtained safety clearance from regulators on July 15, 2015, moving it a step closer to restarting as the government seeks to revive the country's nuclear industry that has been at a standstill following the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuclear plant in western Japan gets safety OK, edges nearer restart

File photo taken in May 2015 shows Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan. Its No. 3 reactor (L) obtained safety clearance from regulators on July 15, 2015, moving it a step closer to restarting as the government seeks to revive the country's nuclear industry that has been at a standstill following the 2011 nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Decommissioning of Ikata plant sought

People call on Shikoku Electric Power Co. to decommission its Ikata nuclear power plant on June 25, 2015, in the southwestern Japan city of Takamatsu, as the utility held a general shareholders' meeting. A reactor at Ikata obtained approval of the nuclear regulator for its enhanced safety measures, clearing a major hurdle toward its resumption. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shikoku Electric head wants official nod by July to reactor restart

Akira Chiba, president of Shikoku Electric Power Co., speaks at a press conference in Takamatsu, western Japan, on May 26, 2015, expressing eagerness to receive in July official approval from the Nuclear Regulation Authority to restart the No. 3 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture within the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nuke power plant built on Japan's narrowest peninsula worries residents

Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s Ikata nuclear power plant is located on the Sadamisaki Peninsula in Ehime Prefecture, western Japan, as seen in this photo taken on May 17, 2015. Sadamisaki is the narrowest peninsula in Japan, raising safety concerns among residents in the area. ==Kyodo