Proposed referendum ordinance for restart of Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant Submitted to Ibaraki Prefectural Assembly June 8 17:22
A proposal for a referendum asking whether to restart the Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture was submitted to the regular prefectural assembly.
Tokai Daini, the only nuclear power plant in the Tokyo metropolitan area located in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, has passed the examination of a new regulatory standard that is a prerequisite for restarting the operation, but it is implementing safety measures such as construction of a seawall. In addition, it is not possible to predict when it will be restarted because it is necessary to obtain approval from the six surrounding local governments in advance to operate.
Against this backdrop, last month, the Ibaraki Prefectural Voting Council, a citizen group aiming to implement a referendum asking whether to restart the operation, submitted documents to the prefecture requesting the establishment of ordinances and the signatures of more than 86,000 people who agreed. Did.
In response to this, the governor of Ibaraki prefecture, Oikawa, submitted the draft regulations to the regular prefectural assembly, which opened on the 8th, with a written opinion as the governor.
In the statement of opinion, "There are various ways to hear opinions, including prefectural vote, so it is necessary to consider carefully." That's it."
In addition, Taro Tokuda, co-representative of the civic group, also stated his opinion, "The restart of the Tokai Daini Nuclear Power Plant has a great impact on our lives and on the future of Ibaraki, both socially and economically." Appealed.
On the 18th of this month, the prefectural assembly held a "Coalition Examination Committee" consisting of two standing committees. After calling the representatives and experts of citizen groups, staff of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy and the Nuclear Regulation Authority as witnesses to hear their opinions, The disaster prevention environment industry committee will vote.
No case passed by parliament
After the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, there are a number of movements calling for the establishment of ordinances to vote for the restart of nuclear power plants, but there have been no actual cases passed by the parliament.
After the nuclear accident, the required number of signatures gathered to request the establishment of ordinances, and the ordinance proposal for the referendum was submitted to the prefectural assembly in 2012, in Tokyo and Shizuoka prefecture, It was Niigata Prefecture in 2013, but all were rejected and no vote was held.
Recently, in March of last year, the Miyagi Prefectural Assembly voted for a prefectural vote to ask whether the Tohoku Electric Power Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 should restart. However, it has been rejected by many opponents, including the LDP and Komeito parties.
On the other hand, in Okinawa Prefecture, a bill for the prefectural referendum for the landfill off the coast of Henoko off Nago City, which accompanies the relocation of the U.S. military Futenma base, was passed by the parliament, and the vote was implemented last year.
Prefectural referendum meeting "Properly consider the regulations"
Tokuda, co-representative of the Ibaraki Nuclear Power Prefectural Voting Committee, who expressed his opinion in the prefectural assembly, said that he was given a chance to make a statement in response to the interview after the plenary session. I think that it is a reflected decision and I am grateful. It seems that the governor's opinion is not against the draft of this ordinance. I want you to do it."