At a reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Village, Aomori Prefecture, the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) was unable to conduct monitoring due to an issue in which the lights in the rooms subject to monitoring operations remained out. In response to the submission of a report stating that there was a lack of top management involvement, the Nuclear Regulation Authority decided to once again call the president and confirm his awareness of the monitoring operations.
In January last year, at a spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in Rokkasho Village, some light bulbs went out and the lights went out in a room that is subject to monitoring operations carried out by the IAEA to prevent nuclear material from being diverted to nuclear weapons. It disappeared, and for a time I was unable to monitor it.
In response, Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. submitted a report to the Nuclear Regulation Authority on the 2nd of last month outlining the causes and measures to prevent recurrence.
The cause was a
lack of responsibility on the part of the Nuclear Materials Management Division and
insufficient
cooperation between the Nuclear Materials Management Division and related departments.
” etc.
At the Nuclear Regulation Authority meeting on the 6th, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, which is the secretariat, explained that in response to this report, it will conduct on-site inspections to confirm whether measures to prevent recurrence are being implemented. did.
After approving this policy, the regulatory commission decided to once again call Japan Nuclear Fuel's President Naohiro Masuda to confirm his understanding of the IAEA's monitoring operations.