TOKYO (Sputnik) — The plan includes evacuation routes and facilities to be used as shelters as well as measures for people who may be left without an overland escape route. In case of an accident, all residents in a 30-kilometer (17-mile) radius — in Fukui, Kyoto and Shiga prefectures – will be evacuated.
Safety requirements for nuclear reactors were tightened after the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011. Most nuclear reactors remain offline in Japan.
Under a governmental plan, Japan is set to accelerate efforts to reactivate 21 reactors at 14 nuclear power stations across the country. The government seeks to make atomic power generation meet at least 20 percent of Japan’s overall electricity demand by 2030.
Two nuclear reactors at the Takahama plant are scheduled to start operations in January-February.
