Japan court says no to restart two nuclear reactors

A Japanese court on Tuesday opposed the restart of two reactors of a nuclear power plant located in the province of Fukui in western countries.

The nuclear regulatory authority had nevertheless given a favorable opinion. Technical advice. However, the judges also took into account the opinion of the people, and they felt that all security conditions were not met. Hence the satisfaction of anti-nuclear activists.

"This decision echoes the sacrifice of victims of Fukushima, said one of those who had initiated proceedings before the court, Tadashi Matsuda. I also caters to those who are still suffering the effects of Fukushima: the decision not to restart these reactors would not have been possible without you. "

The operator who manages this central Takahama decided to appeal the court decision.

In any case, it will not restart for several months or even years.

Currently all nuclear reactors in the archipelago are stopped. A measure taken after the Fukushima disaster there 4 years.

Moreover, in the rugged Central, the level of radioactivity is extremely high, as was evident a little robot introduced Friday in the reactor. For two days he was able to send data, and then it stopped working. The authorities decided to abandon it.

It will nevertheless other robots like this to work inside the enclosure in the coming months and years. For now, the level of radioactivity is so high that a man would not survive more than an hour in such an environment.