LEAD: Court orders shutdown of Japan's 2nd-largest nuke reactor+
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[March 23, 2006]

LEAD: Court orders shutdown of Japan's 2nd-largest nuke reactor+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)KANAZAWA, Japan, March 24_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: ADDING BACKGROUNDS)

The Kanazawa District Court ordered Hokuriku Electric Power Co. on Friday to stop operating a second reactor at its Shika nuclear power plant in Ishikawa Prefecture in recognizing a demand by a group of citizens from 17 prefectures that the reactor be shut down.



Hokuriku Electric Power started operating the 1,358-megawatt upgraded boiling-water reactor on March 15. It is Japan's 55th commercial reactor and second-largest in terms of output.

The group, which has 135 members, filed a lawsuit in May 2005 to demand the shutdown. The citizens claimed that they would be placed in constant danger of major accidents because the reactor is near the Ochigata fault belt where the government's Earthquake Research Committee says a major quake with a magnitude of 7.6 could strike.



They also maintained that the No. 2 advanced boiling-water reactor had been built based on guidelines on anti-seismic designs the government formulated 20 years ago.

The plaintiffs also claimed that the ABWR is more dangerous than conventional boiling-water reactors, with the advanced model focusing on cost reduction, and that power supply in the Hokuriku region currently exceeds demand.

In reply, Hokuriku Electric Power said it had taken all necessary measures to secure safety in operating the reactor and that the reactor is a necessary source of energy for the company to secure a stable supply of electricity.

The plaintiffs are mostly residents of Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures on the Sea of Japan coast. Residents from Fukushima, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Niigata, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi, Shiga, Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Okayama, Hiroshima and Kumamoto prefectures are also taking part.

The power utility started construction of the reactor on Aug. 27, 1999.

On Aug. 31 that year, the 135 citizens filed a lawsuit with the Kanazawa District Court demanding the firm stop construction of the reactor.

Hokuriku Electric, however, kicked off trial operations of the reactor on April 26, 2005, prompting the citizens to file a lawsuit on May 13 that year demanding the firm stop its operation.

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