Operation shutdown plan for Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 due to delay in installation of anti-terrorism facilities January 29 18:19
Regarding Units 3 and 4 of the Takahama Nuclear Power Station in Fukui Prefecture, Kansai Electric Power Co. said that the installation of counter-terrorism facilities could not be completed by the deadline, and Unit 3 stopped in August and Unit 4 stopped operation in October Announced plans to do so. It is expected that operation can be resumed approximately four months after each stop.
At nuclear power plants in Japan, it is mandatory to set up a “special accident response facility” in preparation for terrorism, but if it cannot be installed within five years after the approval of the restarting construction plan, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will suspend operation Indicates the policy to order.
In connection with this, Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. voluntarily stopped operations at the Takahama Nuclear Power Station Units 3 and 4 in Fukui Prefecture on the 29th, saying that the completion of this facility could not be completed by the deadline, bringing the next periodic inspection ahead of schedule And announced to the NRA.
According to the plan, the reactor will be shut down on August 2 and the reactor on October 7 will be scheduled for October 7, the day before the deadline for the installation of the counter-terrorism facilities, and periodic inspections will be started.
Completion of the anti-terrorism facility is expected at the end of November, and operation will resume at Unit 3 in December and Unit 4 in February next year.
In Japan, the completion of the facilities at the Kawauchi Nuclear Power Plant Units 1 and 2 in Kagoshima Prefecture was delayed, and we plan to stop the operation sequentially from March onwards.
Kansai Electric Power said, "I want to continue making every effort for early completion."