Regarding the Mihama Nuclear Power Station in Fukui Prefecture, the national government has put together an evacuation plan targeting approximately 280,000 people within a 30km radius of the nuclear power plant.
Mihama Nuclear Power Plant Unit 3 has been allowed to extend its operation for more than 40 years, and the focus is on whether the local government will agree to restart it in the future.
Regarding the Mihama nuclear power plant of Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. in Mihama Town, Fukui Prefecture, the Cabinet Office and Fukui Prefecture, and Shiga Prefecture and Gifu Prefecture, some of which are within 30 km from the nuclear power plant, evacuated to about 280,000 residents on the 5th. I have put together a plan.
According to the report, in the event of a serious accident at the nuclear power plant, more than 800 people living within 5 kilometers will evacuate to another municipality in Fukui prefecture or Nara prefecture.
Approximately 280,000 residents within the other 30 km area decided to evacuate indoors first, and then judge the progress of the accident and evacuate to Osaka, Hyogo, Nara, and Ishikawa prefectures in addition to the prefecture. It was.
In addition, evacuation procedures using ships and helicopters and measures against infectious diseases were also included.
Units 1 and 2 of the Mihama nuclear power plant are being decommissioned, but Unit 3 was approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to extend the operation period, which is supposed to be 40 years in principle, and Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. last September. , The countermeasure work has been completed.
From now on, the focus will be on whether the local government agrees to restart.
Cabinet Office "I want to cooperate with the Union of Kansai Governments"
Regarding the compilation of the evacuation plan for the Mihama Nuclear Power Station, Shinichi Araki, Policy Director of the Cabinet Office, touched on the evacuation training and said, "We have received requests from each prefecture, including the local Fukui prefecture, to hold it firmly. We would like to cooperate and carry out the training together. "
In addition, depending on the situation of the accident, regarding the evacuation of neighboring residents to a wide area such as Nara prefecture and Osaka prefecture, "We have included in the plan the cooperation with the Kansai wide area alliance made in Osaka prefecture etc. The large rice in Fukui prefecture that has already been formulated. Since it has the same framework as the evacuation plan for residents around the nuclear power plant and Takahama nuclear power plant, we would like to continue to cooperate with the Union of Kansai Governments. "