In response to a fire that caused fuel storage equipment to catch fire at a thermal power plant in Taketoyo Town, Aichi Prefecture at the end of January, JERA, the electric power company that operates the power plant, asked experts on the 5th to investigate the cause. announced that they have set up an accident investigation committee with the participation of
At the Taketoyo Thermal Power Plant in Taketoyo Town, Aichi Prefecture, a fire broke out on January 31st with the sound of an explosion, producing intense flames and black smoke, but the fire was extinguished approximately five hours later, and no one was injured. did.
JERA, the electric power company that operates the accident, says the fire appears to have originated near a facility that temporarily stores wood pellets as biomass fuel to be fed into the boiler, but announced on the 5th that it had set up an accident investigation committee. Did.
The Accident Investigation Committee will be led by Vice President Tetsuya Watanabe and will include outside experts such as Professor Ichiro Naruse of Nagoya University, who is familiar with biomass fuels, and will investigate the cause of the fire and consider measures to prevent recurrence. .
JERA commented, ``We will thoroughly investigate the cause to ensure that such a fire accident never occurs again.We will notify you of the results of the investigation as appropriate, depending on the progress.''