Tokai nuclear plant ordered to halt for lack of evacuation plans

A Japanese court ordered Thursday the suspension of the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant, located northeast of Tokyo, citing a lack of evacuation plans despite persisting safety concerns over nuclear power generation 10 years after the Fukushima Daiichi accident.The Mito District Court's ruling became the second case to order the suspension of a nuclear reactor in Japan after the Fukushima crisis, following a 2014 Fukui District Court decision to halt operations of the Nos. 3 to 4 units of the Oi nuclear plant.The Tokai No. 2 plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, which started commercial operation in…READ FULL ARTICLE