A court in Japan issued an injunction Tuesday blocking a power company from restarting two of its nuclear reactors¹.

Nuclear regulators had already cleared Kansai Electric Power to restart the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at a plant in the western province of Fukui according to new standards put in place following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami² at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

But residents challenged the plan to resume operations later this year, saying the new standards were not sufficient to protect against a powerful earthquake.

Kansai said it would appeal the ruling.

日本一家法院星期二下达命令，不准一家电力公司重启两座核反应堆。

日本核管理机构本来已经批准关西电力公司按照2011年发生地震和海啸后制定的新标准，重新启动位于西部福井县的第三号和第四号核反应堆。

但当地居民对今年晚些时候重新启动核反应堆的计划提出挑战，认为新标准不足以保护核反应堆在强烈地震中免受损坏。

关西电力说，该公司将对这一裁决提出申诉。