Tomoaki Kobayakawa, president of TEPCO, visited the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station on the 23rd, visited Unit 3 where the seismograph had remained out of order during the earthquake last month, and apologized for the response. We will also investigate whether there was any overconfidence or overconfidence in safety. "
Ten years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear accident, and on March 11, President Kobayakawa did not visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant for the first time after the accident as the president of TEPCO because of the spread of the new coronavirus infection.
I visited on the 23rd after the state of emergency was lifted, and at Unit 3 where the seismograph remained out of order during the earthquake last month, it was displaced due to the situation of the newly installed seismograph and the earthquake. I inspected the tank where the
After that, in response to an interview with the press, he touched on the problem that a long-term defect was pointed out in the detection equipment that prevents unauthorized intrusion at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata prefecture. I sincerely apologize. "
After that, he said, "The accident 10 years ago was caused by a stigma and overconfidence in safety. We also investigated whether there was a stigma or overconfidence in this problem, and we have to change what was missing. I want to think about what I shouldn't do and work on it with the determination to be reborn as a company. "