Tokyo, Feb. 22 -- A Japanese court on Friday rejected a request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima prefecture in southwestern Japan, local media reported.
The Sendai nuclear power plant, operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co., is located near a number of active volcanoes and an active fault but the Kagoshima District Court said there was no specific risk of a severe accident caused by a natural disaster, Kyodo News reported.
In the lawsuit, plaintiffs totalling around 3,000 claimed a catastrophic volcanic eruption or an earthquake could hit No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the power complex, currently online.
The plaintiffs were set to appeal the ruling to a higher court, ac...