Tokyo Sep 25 (IANS) A court in Japan on Tuesday accepted an appeal by an electricity company to reactivate a nuclear reactor whose suspension it had ordered on safety grounds in December.
The High Court of Hiroshima overturned its decision when it ordered the suspension of reactor 3 of the Ikata plant belonging to Shikoku Electric reports Efe news.
The decision the first such ruling at this level after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 raised questions about the operator s risk assessment concerning the danger to the plant from earthquakes and nearby volcanic activity.
The decision was considered a victory for the anti-nuclear movement in Japan and dealt a blow to the central government s plan to restart nuclear reactors after their shutdown following the Fukushima disaster.
In the appeal Shikoku Electric argued that there was low possibility of a large-scale volcanic eruption from Mount Aso situated 130 km from the plant.

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