TOKYO, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The Osaka district court on Friday revoked the operating permit for two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, the utility said.
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The court ruled in favour of about 130 plaintiffs who claimed that the Ohi No. 3 and No. 4 reactors are vulnerable to major earthquakes, according to Kyodo.
The court said the Nuclear Regulation Authority’s decision had not taken into account necessary considerations in assuming the magnitude of earthquakes, Kyodo said.
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Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Susan Fenton
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