article_snippet.sent: Tokyo (CNN)A Japanese court has issued a landmark injunction halting plans to restart two nuclear reactors in the west of the country, citing safety concerns, a court official told CNN.
article_snippet.sent: Japan's nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, had previously given a green light to the reopening of reactors 3 and 4 of the Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear plant.
article_snippet.sent: But locals successfully petitioned a Japanese court in Fukui Prefecture, where the Kansai Electric Power Company's Takahama nuclear plant is located, raising concerns about whether two nuclear reactors would survive a strong earthquake.
article_snippet.sent: Takahama was one of two nuclear facilities granted approval to resume operations.
article_snippet.sent: Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture has been granted approval to reopen by the prefecture's governor, although local residents are seeking to challenge this in court.
highlights_snippet.sent: The reopening of two nuclear reactors has been blocked by a Japanese court over safety fears .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: two nuclear reactors had previously been cleared to reopen by the country's nuclear watchdog .
  