Consent to restart Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 Tohoku Electric Power "Continuously improves safety" November 12, 4:47
On the 11th, local governments such as Miyagi Prefecture announced their consent to the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Unit 2, which Tohoku Electric Power aims to restart.
In addition to being the first nuclear power plant in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, it is also the first time for the local consent of a nuclear power plant of the same type as the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that caused the accident, and experts will be required to constantly improve safety in the future. I point out.
On the 11th, a tripartite meeting was held between Miyagi Prefecture, Onagawa Town, where the nuclear power plant is located, and Ishinomaki City, and they announced that they would agree to restart the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2.
Local consent will be the first for a nuclear power plant in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, and for the first time for a "boiling water reactor" of the same type as the TEPCO and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants that caused the accident.
Tohoku Electric Power is proceeding with construction and is aiming for a restart after 2022.
Professor Naoto Sekimura of the University of Tokyo, who serves as the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Reactor Safety Review Board, said that in the future, the company as a whole should be aware of safety first, improve technology through training, and be negative about nuclear power. He points out that it is essential to continue exchanging opinions with people in different positions, and that it is necessary to constantly collect new knowledge and make efforts to improve safety only after starting operation.