The Takahama nuclear power plant restarts, the local mayor agrees

Aging over 40 years from the start of operation nuclear power plant of the Kansai Electric Power Takahama Units 1 and 2 ( Fukui Prefecture Takahama about), Takahama is Yutaka Nose mayor of the day, and expressed their consent to the re-run. This is the first time in Japan that the local chief has agreed to restart the aging nuclear power plant . From now on, the decision of Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto of Fukui Prefecture will be the focus. Kanden aims to restart after March, but it is unclear whether it will be realized.

　Mayor Nose met with Chairman Ageo Tokuro of the town council on the morning of the 1st and expressed his intention to agree. "We have comprehensively judged the safety, importance and necessity of future nuclear power generation," he said.

　The consent of the chief and the parliament is required for the restart. KEPCO is in Takahama Units 1 and 2 and the Mihama Unit 3 aims to re-operation (the prefecture Mihama Town), Takahama Congress last November, Mihama town council agreed to re-run the same December. Following Mayor Nose on that day, Mayor Hideki Toshima of Mihama Town is expected to make a decision by the end of February.

　Governor Sugimoto asked Kanden to indicate a candidate site for an interim storage facility for spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear power plant outside the prefecture by the end of last year, but it has not been indicated at this time. Make a major power 10 companies Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan in December last year, Aomori Prefecture, the power companies the Mutsu facility shared use and are considering a proposal to publish. However, Mayor Soichiro Miyashita of Mutsu City has expressed a negative view on the acceptance of spent nuclear fuel by Kanden .

Source: https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP213FWXP1YPISC029.html