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    1 down 449 to go: Ikata nuclear plant shut down over fears of Fukushima-style meltdown

    ByTeo Blašković Thursday, December 14, 2017Wednesday, September 25, 2024

    A Japanese high court in Hiroshima on Wednesday, December 13, 2017, revoked a lower court decision that allowed Shikoku Electric Power Company to continue operating unit 3 of its Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture. The unit is one of five reactors that…

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