Regarding the Tokai No. 2 Nuclear Power Plant in Tokai Village, Ibaraki Prefecture, which is the only nuclear power plant in the Tokyo metropolitan area, a meeting was held by six local local governments that need to obtain prior consent when restarting.
Last month, it was held for the first time after the Mito District Court ruled that it would not allow restarting, and there was an opinion that we would like businesses to provide simulations when an accident occurs when formulating an evacuation plan.
The meeting on the 12th was held in Tokai-mura, and the area around Tokai-mura, including Tokai-mura, has signed an agreement with the operator, Japan Atomic Power Company, to "obtain substantial prior consent" for the restart of the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant. The mayors and village mayors of six cities and villages, as well as executives of Japan Atomic Power Company, attended.
The meeting was held privately, and according to attendees, the evacuation plan was given last month after the Mito District Court ruled that the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant would not be restarted due to inadequate evacuation plans. It means that opinions were also exchanged on.
The mayors who attended said that they were having difficulty in formulating an effective plan, and that they would like Japan Atomic Power Company to provide a simulation of an accident when formulating an evacuation plan. about it.
After the meeting, Osamu Yamada, the mayor of Tokai Village, said, "I think it is difficult for residents to understand the evacuation plan without a scenario leading to evacuation. I would like Japan Atomic Power Company to show an image when the accident could not be prevented." Was there.
Yoshikazu Murabe, General Manager of Tokai Business Headquarters of Japan Atomic Power Company, said, "I would like to play a role as a business operator in formulating evacuation plans."