A Japanese court yesterday ruled that a nuclear power plant northeast of Tokyo should not restart because it lacks an adequate emergency plans to safely evacuate nearly 1 million people nearby in case of a Fukushimaclass accident. The Mito District Court sided with 224 residents who had safety concerns about the Tokai Daini nuclear power plant just 68 miles northeast of the densely populated capital. The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in 2012, saying the plant, operated by the Japan Atomic Power Co., lacked adequate earthquake and tsunami measures, as well as proper evacuation plans for the populated region. The Tokai Daini, or No. 2, plant, launched in 1978, has been offline since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami off Japan's northeast coast that triggered the Fukushima Daiichi plant's meltdowns.
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