» Sendai nuclear plant get permission despite of citizen’s protest

2014/11/07

Kagoshima Gov. Yuichiro Ito gave his consent on Nov. 7 to restarting the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Satsumasendai despite strong protests from locals and other demonstrators who arrived from areas as far away as Fukushima Prefecture.

Some 400 people had gathered both inside and outside the prefectural assembly chamber, trying to prevent Kagoshima from becoming the first prefecture housing a nuclear plant to approve reactivation under new safety guidelines for nuclear power, but they failed to sway officials.

Police and workers from the prefectural government headquarters closely guarded the assembly building on Nov. 7. At about 9 a.m., a group opposed to restarting the plant’s reactors gathered in front of the prefectural government building, protesting that officials were ignoring public opinion.

People in the public gallery at the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly hold up signs protesting against the restart of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant shortly before noon on Nov. 7, 2014. The same day the assembly approved a petition calling for reactivation of the nuclear power plant, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Satsumasendai.

People in the public gallery at the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly hold up signs protesting against the restart of the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant shortly before noon on Nov. 7, 2014. The same day the assembly approved a petition calling for reactivation of the nuclear power plant, located in the Kagoshima Prefecture city of Satsumasendai.

Among the demonstrators were 12 people from Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, the scene of the nation’s worst-ever nuclear disaster.

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