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Taken from Tokai Nuclear Power Plant No. 2 = Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, “Ozuru” helicopter from head office
Mito District Court (Eiko Maeda Trial) in a lawsuit in which local residents demanded an injunction on the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant of the Japan Atomic Energy Company (Nuclear Energy Company) in the Tokai village, Ibaraki prefecture admitted the complaint from the neighbors and banned driving. Ten years after the accident at TEPCO’s Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the judiciary did not allow the operation of the nuclear power plant, which is the only one located in the Tokyo metropolitan area and has been in operation for more than 40 years.
Only the Atomic Power Company was charged in the trial that lasted more than eight years since July 2012. The plaintiffs have raised 11 issues and pointed out the dangers of the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant. The main questions asked were the risks of earthquakes and volcanoes and the pros and cons of operating in densely populated areas.
30 km from the Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant, around 940,000 people, the largest number in Japan, live in the area where the nuclear power plants are located. The plaintiffs alleged that the nuclear power plant in a densely populated area was not suitable as a location area in the first place and violated national guidelines.
Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power PlantJapan Atomic Power Company began commercial operations in November 1978. With a production of 1.1 million kilowatts, it supplied electricity to TEPCO and Tohoku Electric Power. At the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the external power supply was lost and it took three and a half days to stop the cold temperature. It is the closest nuclear power plant to the city center, and the distance to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building is about 120 km, which is about half the distance from Fukushima Daiichi. In the event of a serious accident, it could cause enormous damage to the entire metropolitan area. In November 2018, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved an extension of operation for up to 20 years. Countermeasures to restart work are expected to end in December 2010. To restart, consent of 6 cities and towns such as Tokai Village and Mito City is required.
