On March 20th 2014, Japanese citizens gathered at the Osaka District Courthouse at the final session of the injunction lawsuit (filed in 2012) against the restart of Fukui Prefectures Ohi nuclear reactors units 3 and 4. Currently all nuclear reactors in Japan have been temporarily shut down following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident in March 2011. However, Japanese electric utilities have 17 applications in to restart reactors. The Ohi reactors are among the first slated for restart. The litigants are seeking that the courts address three main issues: 1) underestimation of earthquake impact on the reactors 2) no method of preventing radioactive discharge into the ocean in the event of a serious accident 3) not taking into consideration an active fault very near the emergency coolant pipe, or faults moving simultaneously near the reactor site. (Note: Past earthquake examples show that Japanese earthquakes produce greater seismic motion with the same AREA of earthquake fault shifting than foreign earthquakes.) youtu.be/2IMPElD7i-U For more updates on critical nuclear news in Japan, visit Green Actions Facebook page: https://facebook/GreenActionJapan
Posted on: Mon, 07 Apr 2014 04:00:00 +0000