By FUJIO MIYATA/ Staff Writer
February 21, 2025 at 17:50 JST
Plaintiffs head toward the Kagoshima District Court on Feb. 21. (Masaru Komiyaji)
KAGOSHIMA--The long losing streak continued for Kyushu residents trying to shut down the Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture operated by Kyushu Electric Power Co.
The Kagoshima District Court on Feb. 21 rejected the request for a temporary injunction filed by 3,036 plaintiffs, with many residing in the Kyushu prefectures of Kagoshima, Miyazaki and Kumamoto.
The number of plaintiffs gradually expanded as 12 separate groups filed lawsuits beginning in May 2012 and lasting until July 2019.
The main points of the lawsuit were the safety of the Sendai plant amid the risks of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions as well as whether evacuation plans for host communities were feasible.
Some of the plaintiffs submitted a separate lawsuit in 2014 seeking a temporary injunction, but the Kagoshima District Court rejected it a year later. The Miyazaki branch of the Fukuoka High Court also rejected an appeal.
Another group of plaintiffs filed an administrative lawsuit calling on the central government to rescind an approval to change reactor installation at the Sendai plant, but in 2019 the Fukuoka District Court rejected the lawsuit.
Plaintiffs have appealed the case to the Fukuoka High Court.
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