Court rejects request to halt western Japan nuclear reactor

A Japanese court on Wednesday rejected a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co. in western Japan.In the lawsuit at the Hiroshima District Court, plaintiffs, including survivors of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombings, claimed there is a high likelihood of a serious accident at the Ikata plant's No. 3 reactor if an earthquake or volcanic eruption strikes the area.But Presiding Judge Kazumi Ohama said, "We cannot say that there are actual risks to harming the lives and bodies of the plaintiffs."The reactor, located on a narrow peninsula in Ehime Prefectu…READ FULL ARTICLE