TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered a utility not to restart a nuclear power plant due to inadequate tsunami protection measures, supporting residents’ safety concerns at a time when the government is pushing for more reactors are resuming power generation after pledging to ban imports of Russian fossil fuels.
The Sapporo District Court has ruled that Hokkaido Electric Power Co. must not operate any of the three reactors at its coastal nuclear power plant in Tomari, northern Japan, because inadequate tsunami protection could endanger people’s lives. .
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