And most importantly, the tragedy drove many people into "disaster-related deaths." "The nuclear disaster has made it impossible to maintain the sort of life that is described in the Constitution," Sakurai said emphatically. "That is unconstitutional, isn't it?" CONSTITUTION AS PILLAR AND POST The Fukui District Court in May 2014 issued an injunction against the planned restart of reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Oi nuclear plant in a lawsuit filed by residents living near the power-generating facility in Fukui Prefecture. "The use of nuclear energy is meant to fulfill the socially important functions of generating electric power, but that is inferior in standing to the core part of personal rights in light of the Constitution," the court said in its decision. […] More than 4 million people are living within a 30-km radius of nuclear power plants across Japan where residents may face evacuation orders in the event of an accident.