TEPCO management also to share information on nuclear material protection by strengthening measures against terrorism at nuclear power plants

At the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Station in Niigata Prefecture, in response to a series of deficiencies in anti-terrorism measures last year, TEPCO also needs management to share confidential information related to nuclear material protection with the site. I decided to get a good qualification and try to understand the actual situation more than ever.

At the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, serious deficiencies related to anti-terrorism measures have been discovered one after another, and last year, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission evaluated it as the most serious level in terms of nuclear material protection.

TEPCO stated in a report submitted to the Regulatory Commission that it was not possible to grasp specific information on the site as one of the causes of this problem, and management should also start to grasp the actual situation of the site. became.

Confidential information on the protection of nuclear material can only be handled by a limited number of people who have obtained qualifications through interviews and proper inspections based on national law, but TEPCO has a nuclear power and location book with President Tomoaki Kobayakawa. Takeyuki Inagaki, the director of the Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, has acquired a new qualification and has made it possible to share confidential information with the site.

TEPCO is reviewing the mechanism for collecting information and reporting when troubles occur in the protection of nuclear materials, and if it is approved by the regulatory committee, it will work on terrorism countermeasures with a new system including management. I have decided.

Kashiwazaki Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Director "I want to review step by step"

Takeyuki Inagaki, director of the TEPCO Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, said, "The risks of anti-terrorism measures could not be fully managed due to the deficiencies discovered one after another last year, and managers and above, including executives, could not properly grasp the actual situation at the site. It is important to understand the ideas and actions of the site, including those of cooperating companies, through dialogue, and to improve without leaving them unattended, and I would like to make efforts to review them step by step. "

Expert "Other power companies should also emulate"

Regarding TEPCO's efforts, Isao Itabashi, director of the Public Policy Research Council, who is familiar with nuclear security, said, "There is a lot of content that must be kept secret about information related to nuclear material protection, and when trouble occurs, the president and management will be informed. It was an "untouchable" world where we couldn't report and ask for judgment. Management would acquire qualifications and handle confidential information to the extent that the opportunities for confidentiality leaks would not be expanded too much, and a nuclear security check system would be in place. That's why I think other electric power companies should follow suit. "

He also pointed out that "the secret part must be kept confidential, and the non-secret part needs to be actively communicated. TEPCO needs to steadily proceed for improvement." ..