Tokyo: A group of residents from the Japanese city of Hiroshima, including several survivors from the 1945 atomic bombing, on Friday filed a lawsuit to prevent the reactivation of a nuclear power plant in the area.

The plaintiffs urged Hiroshima district court to put a stop order on the reactivation process of Ikata plant, fearing the risk of an accident similar to the one in Fukushima Daiichi plant, triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, EFE news reported.