Anti-Nuclear Litigation In Japan

One year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, evidence continues to accumulate of the widespread distribution of radioactive elements, including plutonium, which pose significant threats to human health and the environment. Meanwhile, environmental groups in Japan are launching litigation, trying to prevent the reopening of some of the shuttered nuclear power plants.

Oi Unit 3 nuclear power plant located in Fukui prefecture is said to be the first on line for re-start of nuclear power. It is owned/operated by Kansai Electric.The Kansai region is Japan's second-largest industrial area, and, prior to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, obtained almost 50 percent of its power from 11 nuclear reactors north of the major cities Osaka and Kyoto.