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Japan court: Nuclear plant’s tsunami safeguards inadequate

The Tomari Nuclear Power Plant of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., is seen in Tomari village, Hokkaido prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 2, 2020. A Japanese court on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, ordered the utility not to restart all three reactors at its nuclear plant in northern Japan, citing inadequate tsunami measures, a decision that upheld residents’ safety worry at a time the government pushes nuclear restarts amid concern stemming from its pledge to ban Russian fossil fuel imports.(Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP) A group of plaintiffs and their supporters celebrate a court decision outside the Sapporo district court Tuesday, May 31, 2022 in Sapporo, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. The court Tuesday ordered that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. not restart a nuclear power plant because it lacks adequate tsunami safeguards, backing residents’ safety concerns at a time the government is pushing shutdown reactors to resume power generation after pledging to ban imports of Russian fossil fuels. (Yohei Fukai/Kyodo News via AP)
Japan court: Nuclear plant’s tsunami safeguards inadequate