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13 idled reactors enter 1st stage of safety evaluation process
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06 Eyl 2011 Sal 17:21
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13 idled reactors enter 1st stage of safety evaluation process+
TOKYO, Sept. 6 Kyodo -
A total of 13 of the around 30 reactors in Japan idled for regular checks have entered the first stage of the safety evaluation process, a step set as a precondition for restarting them following the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Kyodo News learned Tuesday.
Kansai Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co., which serves some areas in western Japan and Shikoku Island, plan to submit evaluation reports on their six idled reactors to the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency by the end of this month.
The other four utility companies hoping to restart the remaining seven reactors are also accelerating efforts to do so, aiming to resume operation of their reactors as early as year-end.
The safety evaluation process was set by the government in July as a precondition for the restarting of reactors following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has shown a positive stance toward restarting idled reactors to ensure a stable supply of electricity.
It remains uncertain whether local governments will give their approval for the resumption of reactors, which is also required to restart them.
The 13 reactors are the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari plant, the No. 1 unit at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori plant, the No. 2 unit at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shiga plant, Kansai Electric's Nos. 1 and 3 units at its Mihama plant and Nos. 1 and 3 units at its Oi plant as well as the No. 1 unit at its Takahama plant, the No. 3 unit at Shikoku Electric's Ikata plant, and Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Nos. 2 and 3 units at its Genkai plant and the No. 1 unit at its Sendai plant.
The utility companies have been checking the safety of the reactors, including their ability to withstand earthquakes and tsunami, since late July.
After the government's nuclear safety agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan screen their reports, Noda, industry minister Yoshio Hachiro, nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono and chief Cabinet secretary Osamu Fujimura will decide on whether to allow the reactors to be restarted.
If approved by both the central and local governments, Japan will see its first reactor restart since the Fukushima nuclear crisis, excluding the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari plant, which shifted from an ''adjustment operation'' in the final phase of checks to commercial operation in mid-August.
Before the Fukushima nuclear crisis, more than 30 reactors were operating in Japan. But given the effects of the March disaster and the need to regularly suspend reactors for checks, only 11 of Japan's 54 commercial reactors are currently in operation.
If the resumption of their operation is not allowed, all of Japan's 54 reactors will be out of operation by May.
==Kyodo
2011-09-06 23:21:23
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06 Eyl 2011 Sal 17:21
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13 idled reactors enter 1st stage of safety evaluation process+
TOKYO, Sept. 6 Kyodo -
A total of 13 of the around 30 reactors in Japan idled for regular checks have entered the first stage of the safety evaluation process, a step set as a precondition for restarting them following the Fukushima nuclear crisis, Kyodo News learned Tuesday.
Kansai Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co., which serves some areas in western Japan and Shikoku Island, plan to submit evaluation reports on their six idled reactors to the government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency by the end of this month.
The other four utility companies hoping to restart the remaining seven reactors are also accelerating efforts to do so, aiming to resume operation of their reactors as early as year-end.
The safety evaluation process was set by the government in July as a precondition for the restarting of reactors following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant triggered by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has shown a positive stance toward restarting idled reactors to ensure a stable supply of electricity.
It remains uncertain whether local governments will give their approval for the resumption of reactors, which is also required to restart them.
The 13 reactors are the Nos. 1 and 2 reactors at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari plant, the No. 1 unit at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Higashidori plant, the No. 2 unit at Hokuriku Electric Power Co.'s Shiga plant, Kansai Electric's Nos. 1 and 3 units at its Mihama plant and Nos. 1 and 3 units at its Oi plant as well as the No. 1 unit at its Takahama plant, the No. 3 unit at Shikoku Electric's Ikata plant, and Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Nos. 2 and 3 units at its Genkai plant and the No. 1 unit at its Sendai plant.
The utility companies have been checking the safety of the reactors, including their ability to withstand earthquakes and tsunami, since late July.
After the government's nuclear safety agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan screen their reports, Noda, industry minister Yoshio Hachiro, nuclear disaster minister Goshi Hosono and chief Cabinet secretary Osamu Fujimura will decide on whether to allow the reactors to be restarted.
If approved by both the central and local governments, Japan will see its first reactor restart since the Fukushima nuclear crisis, excluding the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari plant, which shifted from an ''adjustment operation'' in the final phase of checks to commercial operation in mid-August.
Before the Fukushima nuclear crisis, more than 30 reactors were operating in Japan. But given the effects of the March disaster and the need to regularly suspend reactors for checks, only 11 of Japan's 54 commercial reactors are currently in operation.
If the resumption of their operation is not allowed, all of Japan's 54 reactors will be out of operation by May.
==Kyodo
2011-09-06 23:21:23
