Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 officially fails inspection, first since Nuclear Regulation Authority was established | Nuclear Power | Fukui Shimbun November 13, 2024 11:20 am On November 13, the Nuclear Regulation Authority officially decided that Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 (Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture), which Japan Atomic Power Company is aiming to restart, has failed the inspection. The committee had already approved a draft “review document” that rejected the project in August, and had been soliciting public comments. This is the first failure since the Nuclear Regulation Authority was established in 2012, and Tsuruga Unit 2 will not be able to be restarted. According to the Commission Secretariat, 282 opinions were received. ⇒ Japan Atomic Power Company once again denies decommissioning of Tsuruga Unit 2 after approval of draft “review document” According to the draft review document, it has been determined that the “K fault,” located about 300 meters north of the reactor building, is an active fault, and that it cannot be denied that it may extend directly beneath the building. The committee concluded that the site did not comply with new standards that prohibit the construction of important facilities such as nuclear reactors on active faults. (Omitted) *See source for full text.
>>15 The definition of an active fault was changed from 120,000 years to 400,000 years just before the Minsu Party collapsed, so it became an active fault. If the definition is changed back, it will no longer be an active fault, so it’s safe, safe, safe, safe.
It’s one thing for the power company to build a nuclear power plant in a dangerous place, but what’s up with the regulatory commission that gave approval once in the past and then changed their mind? This country is really stupid.
TEPCO submitted fabricated data to Niigata prefecture, causing Niigata to be furious. Niigata prefecture is still opposed to restarting nuclear power plants, saying TEPCO cannot be trusted.
I’m thinking about the possibility that Japan could be destroyed by a faulty nuclear power plant, whether it be war, an earthquake or tsunami, or both, and what would happen to the country, and who would be held guilty in that case.
It seems difficult to continue using them while renovating them. Nuclear power plant sites can hardly be reused. If we keep decommissioning and building new reactors, Japan will run out of land. A final disposal site hasn’t been decided yet. Maybe it’s better to think of the power generation efficiency of nuclear power plants as a temporary bonus period? Well, I guess a lot of people would be fine with it as long as we’re safe while we’re alive. Me too lol.
Western Japanese electric power companies such as Kansai Electric Power and Kyushu Electric Power are already working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build next-generation nuclear power plants in the 2030s. It seems that TEPCO and Tohoku Electric Power, which were involved in the nuclear accidents, will not be able to build new nuclear power plants.
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