At the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, there were a series of serious deficiencies in anti-terrorism measures. I started with.

An inspector from the Nuclear Regulatory Agency arrived at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant around 9 am on the 26th and explained the purpose and plan of the inspection to TEPCO.



TEPCO replied, "We will take the inspection seriously."



According to the Nuclear Regulatory Agency, in future inspections,


▽ the implementation status of recurrence prevention measures for counterterrorism measures shown in the report, and


▽ the impact of TEPCO's cost reduction efforts on counterterrorism measures, etc. It means to confirm with.



Since March last year, the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant has suffered a series of serious deficiencies in anti-terrorism measures, and TEPCO has been issued an administrative punishment by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ban the movement of nuclear fuel.



Units 6 and 7 of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant have passed the examination required for restarting, but Toyoshi Fuketa, Chairman of the Regulatory Commission, said, "I think the inspection will take about a year." The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant will continue to be unable to restart until the inspection determines that the situation has improved.

Regulatory agency inspection points

At the regular meeting of the Nuclear Regulation Authority held on October 20, the Nuclear Regulatory Agency of the Secretariat presented a plan for inspections to be conducted to confirm measures to prevent recurrence of TEPCO.



The plan is


to investigate the actual situation, whether this problem is unique to the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant or a company-wide problem.



In addition, TEPCO in the report, from the point of view of management, as a result of reviewing the contract with skill in the art to carry out the maintenance and management of equipment,


▽ addition to the equipment is increasing failure not updated,


reducing the personnel of ▽ maintenance As a result, it is said that it is no longer possible to quickly restore the function.



For this reason,


we will investigate the impact of TEPCO's efforts to reduce costs after the nuclear accident.



In addition,


▽ TEPCO will confirm the specific contents and effects of recurrence prevention measures.

Regulatory Commissioner "Thoroughly the actual situation at the site"

Various points were made by the members of the Nuclear Regulation Authority regarding the inspection plan presented on October 20.



When each committee member inspected, what was requested of the NRA was to "thoroughly investigate the actual situation at the site."



Satoshi Tanaka said, "For nuclear security measures, it is important to take on-site measures in terms of both hardware and software. On the hardware side, one of the reasons is that intrusion detectors and biometric authentication devices were not sufficiently improved. In addition, the management group for nuclear material protection near the site also confirmed whether there were enough people with high knowledge and response ability to nuclear security, and whether they were in a situation where they could express their requests and opinions to upper management. I want you to do it. "



Mr. Shinsuke Yamanaka said, "Based on interviews with on-site staff, TEPCO has a strong hierarchical structure and vertically divided structure as organizational factors. It can be inferred that the group in charge of nuclear material protection is isolated." He asked to understand the organizational structure of TEPCO.



Chairman Toyoshi Fuketa said, "It is extremely strong that the report was prepared by the head office, such as measures to prevent recurrence. What would happen if the site wrote the report? From the perspective of above. The viewpoint from the bottom is different from what you see. Since it is the site that determines the level of nuclear material protection, do not be overly dragged by the report, try to grasp the site thoroughly, and see if the protection level is achieved and maintained. I want you to do it, "he said, and urged him to focus on understanding the site.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno "TEPCO seriously responds to inspections"

Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, "I would like TEPCO to take the inspection seriously and work toward rebuilding the nuclear security system."



After that, the reporters asked how to restore the trust of the nuclear energy policy, but said, "Based on the basic energy plan, the people and local governments, etc. We will proceed with efforts to build a relationship of trust with the nuclear power plant. First, we will promote correspondence with the area where the nuclear power plant is located, centered on the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which has jurisdiction over energy policy. "