A court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit seeking to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor in western Japan amid safety concerns, finding that the earthquake and volcano risk assessments conducted by the plant operator were reasonable.In the ruling delivered by the Oita District Court regarding the operation of Shikoku Electric Power Co.'s No. 3 unit at the Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture, Presiding Judge Maiko Takechi said the court does not see any "specific danger" that threatens the lives of the plaintiffs in Oita Prefecture, which faces Ehime across the Seto Inland Sea.The…READ FULL ARTICLE
