Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. reported to the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy that it reflected in the company's plan a new policy to determine a candidate site for an "interim storage facility" for spent nuclear fuel from a nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture by the end of 2023. did.
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. has indicated that it will establish a candidate site for the interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel by the end of 2023, aiming to install it outside Fukui Prefecture, where the nuclear power plant is located.
On the 24th, President Takashi Morimoto of Kansai Electric Power Company met with Mr. Nobuyoshi Hosaka of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy and reported that he reflected the new policy in the company's plan regarding the handling of spent nuclear fuel.
Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. has said that it will indicate the candidate site for the interim storage facility as soon as possible with around 2020 in mind, but it will be postponed two years from now.
On the other hand, regarding the candidate site for the interim storage facility, the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan has proposed a plan for the electric power companies to jointly use the facility under construction in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture by TEPCO and others.
After the meeting on the 24th, President Morimoto told reporters, "There is a premise that Mutsu City will understand, but I am interested in participating in shared use," and once again, one of the options. I showed the recognition that it was Mutsu.
It does not have standing prospect of realized shows the attitude Mutsu is strongly opposed to the only this proposal.