Kawauchi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 Kyushu Electric Power Announces restart on 17th of this month November 13th 18:10

Regarding Unit 1 of the Kawauchi Nuclear Power Station in Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu Electric Power started its reactor on the 17th of this month in response to the completion of facilities such as anti-terrorism facilities that were required to be installed according to new national standards. Announced that it will be restarted.

The Sendai Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 is a "specific serious accident response facility" that is obliged to be installed as a countermeasure against terrorism, etc., according to the new regulatory standards established after the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, until the deadline of March. It was not completed and the operation was stopped.



Following the completion of this facility for the first time in Japan on the 11th, Kyushu Electric Power announced that it would pull out the control rods at 7:30 pm on the 17th of this month to start the reactor and resume operation for the first time in about 8 months. Did.



The next morning, around 7 o'clock, the fission reaction will be in a continuous "critical" state, and power generation and transmission will start around 11 pm on the 19th of this month.



After that, while gradually increasing the output of the reactor, the final adjustment and inspection of the equipment will be carried out, and it will be put into commercial operation on the 15th of next month.



At the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, the installation of the facility at Unit 2 was not in time for the deadline, and the operation was stopped in May, but if it passes the final inspection by the country scheduled to be held on the 16th of next month and is completed. , We are planning to resume power generation on the 26th of next month.



Kyushu Electric Power said, "Although it took time and money, we carried out the construction of the facility through trial and error, including affiliated companies. We would like to continue working safely in the future."