https://www.rt.com/news/333154-nuclear-reactor-japan-leak/

Nuclear reactor in Japan leaking radioactive water amid nationwide restart
Published time: 21 Feb, 2016 07:42

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In fact, two of Takahama’s reactors (3 and the currently leaking 4) were both given a ‘no’ by a local judge, who firmly sided with the people last April.

“The new regulations are not reasonable, therefore there is no need to study whether the Takahama plant satisfies them,” said Judge Hideaki Higuchi in his ruling. “There is little rational basis for saying that an earthquake with a magnitude that exceeds the safety standard will not occur. It is an optimistic view.”

However, this temporary victory only slightly postponed the restart of No. 4 at Takahama to 2016. The residents had hoped the decision would reverberate throughout Japan. Activists had anticipated the regulations would mean lengthy legal procedures for any reactor wanting to restart.

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http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/02/21/national/radioactive-water-leak-found-takahama-no-4-reactor-discovery-delay-restart/

Radioactive water leak found at Takahama No. 4 reactor, posing restart delay

JIJI, AFP-JIJI, Staff Report
Feb 21, 2016

FADING, IN FUKUI: PAGE 3 – Kansai Electric Power Co. said Sunday it has put off preparatory work for restarting of the No. 4 reactor at its Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture after a radioactive water leak was discovered a day earlier — a move that may delay plans to reboot the unit later this month.

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According to the company, an alarm went off after the utility injected water into a pipe connected to the No. 4 reactor’s first cooling system at around 3:40 p.m. Saturday. Water was found dripping from two valves on a coolant water filter in the auxiliary building, and the radioactivity of the resulting 8-liter puddle was 14,000 becquerels.

Judging from other traces on the floor, roughly 34 liters were leaked overall, amounting to about 60,000 becquerels.

The No. 4 reactor is 30 years old and has idle for more than 4½ years since being taken offline in July 2011 for a scheduled checkup. That’s longer than the No. 3 reactor, which was reactivated in January, and reactor Nos. 1 and 2 at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, which were rebooted last year.

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