At Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 7, where TEPCO was carrying out safety measures for restarting, TEPCO held a press conference in response to the problem that part of the work that had been announced to have been completed was not completed. After opening and inspecting, it was revealed that the construction of 72 places had not been completed.
TEPCO announced that safety measures for the restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Unit 7 were completed in January, but after that, several places where the construction had not been completed were found.
In response to this, TEPCO is conducting a comprehensive inspection and announced the progress status.
According to this, as a result of inspecting 5300 places that require countermeasure work to prevent flooding and fire spread at the penetration part of the pipe, 72 places did not complete the fire countermeasure work.
Regarding the reason, TEPCO explained that there was a defect in cooperation with the manufacturer in charge of construction and internal cooperation with TEPCO.
TEPCO says that it will continue the confirmation work, saying that there is a place to continue checking.
Masaya Tachibana, the representative of TEPCO's Niigata Headquarters, said, "We apologize for causing a great deal of concern to the local people. We will take measures one by one with the intention of reborn the power plant in the future." Did.
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