Regarding the Ohma Nuclear Power Plant to be built in Aomori Prefecture, the operator "Electric Power Development" has postponed the start of safety measures construction required by the new regulatory standards by about two years from the previous "second half of this year". I decided to do so and informed the local government on the 9th.
The timing of the start of operation has also been postponed, aiming for 2030.
The Oma Nuclear Power Plant, which will be built in Oma Town, Aomori Prefecture, is planned to be the world's first commercial nuclear power plant that can generate electricity using only fuel called MOX, which is a mixture of plutonium and uranium extracted from spent nuclear fuel.
Construction started 14 years ago, but after the accident at the Tokyo Electric Power Company's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, construction work on the main facilities was suspended, and now safety measures based on new regulatory standards are being reviewed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority. it is continuing.
On the 9th, Electric Power Development visited the local town of Oma and the Aomori prefectural office one after another, and at the prefectural office, Vice President Osamu Hagiwara said that the examination of earthquake countermeasures was taking a long time, and that it had been said that it would be in the second half of this year. He explained his policy of postponing the start of countermeasure construction by about two years to the second half of 2024.
Along with this, we also announced a policy to postpone the start of operation from "around 2028" to "2030".
This is the fifth time that safety measures have been postponed.
Deputy Governor Tsukasa Kashiwagi of Aomori Prefecture, who received the explanation, said, "I ask you to make maximum efforts to gain the understanding of the citizens of the prefecture and related local governments."
Vice President Hagiwara, who responded to interviews with media companies, said, ``We believe that we will be able to clear all the examinations in two years.''