Ko Sasaki for The New York Times The Hamaoka nuclear plant in Omaezaki, Japan, about 120 miles from Tokyo. A lawsuit was filed nearly a decade ago to try to shut down the plant, considered the most dangerous in Japan.
The nuclear disaster has shed new light on the legal battles that critics of the system have lost for years. Above, a power station in Omaeziki whose vulnerability was the subject of a lawsuit a decade ago.