Kagoshima Kawauchi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 to stop operation on the afternoon of 20th May 22:14 on May 19th based on the new regulation standard
Regarding the Kawauchi Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. plans to stop the operation on the afternoon of 20th because the countermeasure facility for terrorism etc. which is obliged to be installed by the new regulation standard of the country is not completed within the deadline. After that, we will start the work of shutting down the reactor. This is the second nationwide shutdown of operating nuclear power plants based on new regulatory standards.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission, based on a new regulatory standard that was created based on the lessons learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, has been approved for construction of a preliminary facility to protect the safety of nuclear reactors in the event of an emergency such as a terrorist attack or an aircraft collision. It is required to be completed within a year.
Kyushu Electric Power decided to shut down the operation of Kawauchi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 by advancing the regular inspection because the completion of this facility could not be completed in time, and started work to reduce the reactor output from about 2:30 am on the 20th. To do.
The power generation and power transmission will be stopped around 9 am on the 20th, and the reactor will be shut down and stopped around 1 pm.
Kyushu Electric Power hopes to complete the facility by the beginning of the year, have it inspected by the Regulatory Commission, and then restart it in January next year.
At Kawauchi Nuclear Power Station, Unit 1 stopped operation in March for the first time in Japan for the same reason.