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  • 1st T20I: India beat Australia by 11 runs, take 1-0 series lead
  • Two kids die, five others sick due to food poisoning in UP
  • Active Covid case in Odisha reduces to less than 5000, covid test crosses six million
  • Rights to food should be fundamental right of every citizen: HP State Food Commission
  • Two Arrested for Rs 118 cr GST credit fraud
  • Singareni targets 2 lakh tonnes coal production per day from Dec
  • Very rough sea predicted over TN-Kerala coasts; fishermen advised to stay away
  • Lakshadweep Administrator Dineshwar Sharma passes away
  • Mah gave befitting reply to BJP for insulting state: Mushrif on Council polls results
  • NASA to pay company $1 to collect rocks from the moon
  • NASA to pay company $1 to collect rocks from the moon
  • Declare Mirchi’s kin as fugitive offenders: ED to special court
  • Bukhari flays attack on Apni party's DDC candidate
  • Explosion hits Engen oil refinery in South Africa's Durban
  • Delhi HC grants bail to scribe Rajeev Sharma in espionage case
WorldPosted at: Dec 4 2020 5:10PM


Japanese court cancels regulatory approval to resume operation of 2 reactors

Tokyo, Dec 4 (Sputnik) The Osaka District Court on Friday nullified the Japanese government’s approval for the operation of two nuclear reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant (NPP) in the Fukui prefecture operated by Kansai Electric Power Company amid public concerns, media reported.
According to the Kyodo news agency, it is the first time a Japanese court has canceled a regulatory approval granted to a power company to operate a nuclear plant since regulations were tightened following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.
Earlier this year, the plant's third and fourth power units were shut down for scheduled maintenance. After being checked for compliance with the new safety regulations, the NPP operator received all the necessary permits for their restart. However, local residents and public organizations in Fukui continued to insist on the danger of these reactors and went to court to overturn the nuclear regulator's decision.
All of Japan’s 54 operating nuclear reactors were shut down in March 2011 after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami led to a leakage of radioactive material from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Before the disaster, 30 percent of Japan's electricity came from nuclear power. Since the disaster, Japan has reopened some of the NPPs under new tightened rules.
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