Minister of the Environment Koizumi, who is in charge of nuclear disaster prevention, has announced that he will postpone the national nuclear disaster prevention drill scheduled at the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station in Miyagi Prefecture early next month, based on the infection status of the new coronavirus. did.
It will be implemented after the state of emergency is lifted.
The national nuclear power comprehensive disaster drill, which is held every year, was scheduled to be held around the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant of Tohoku Electric Power in early next month, but Governor Murai of Miyagi Prefecture requested that it be postponed to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. Was there.
Regarding this, Minister of the Environment Koizumi, who is in charge of nuclear disaster prevention, took into consideration the participation of many stakeholders from Tokyo, etc., which is the target area of the state of emergency, and requests from the local community at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting on the 22nd. It was revealed that the implementation period was postponed.
The training will be conducted after the declaration of emergency is lifted after coordinating with related organizations such as Miyagi Prefecture.
After passing the examination of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in February last year, Governor Murai agreed to restart the Onagawa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 in November last year, and Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. has completed the countermeasure construction since the 4th year of Reiwa. We are aiming for a restart.
In some cases, the national nuclear disaster prevention drill was canceled due to the Great East Japan Earthquake in the past.