A court rejected Wednesday a lawsuit seeking to block the restart of a nuclear reactor in western Japan due to safety concerns, dismissing the plaintiffs’ claim that evacuation plans in the event of a natural disaster are inadequate. The decision by the Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court came ahead of the planned restart by Chugoku Electric Power Co. in December of the Shimane nuclear plant’s No. 2 reactor, which is currently undergoing a safety inspection. “There are no specific risks of a major accident that may lead to a leak of an abnormal level of radiation beyond the premises of t…