地元町長が再稼働同意　高浜原発、４０年超で初―福井

　関西電力が４０年を超える運転を目指す高浜原発１、２号機（福井県高浜町）について、同町の野瀬豊町長は１日、再稼働に同意する意向を表明した。同町役場で町議会議長と面談し、「原発の安全性や必要性、重要性を総合的に勘案し、町として（再稼働を）理解する」と伝えた。２日午前に杉本達治知事へ報告する。４０年超再稼働に地元町長が同意したのは初めて。
　野瀬町長は再稼働の判断材料として、町民の理解や町議会の同意、国による原子力政策の将来像の明確化などを挙げていた。野瀬町長はこれらの事項について、「全て確認できた」と語った。面談後、記者団に「町にとって発電所は経済、産業、行政運営に影響を与える。稼働することが町の将来に資する」などと同意の理由を説明した。（2021/02/01-16:40）

The mayor of the Japanese town hosting the Takahama nuclear power plant announced on Monday his approval for the restart of two 40-plus-years-old reactors at the plant.
   Yutaka Nose, mayor of the town of Takahama in the central prefecture of Fukui, showed his consent to the resumption of the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at the Kansai Electric Power Co. plant, at a meeting with the head of the town's assembly. He is set to meet with Fukui Governor Tatsuji Sugimoto soon to convey his approval.
   Nose is the first local municipal head in the country to accept the resumption of a nuclear power reactor that is more than 40 years old. "The town understands (the need for the restart) as we comprehensively take into account the safety of the nuclear reactors and their importance," Nose told the assembly head.
   As conditions for giving approval for the restart, Nose had cited understanding from local residents, consent from the town assembly and the central government's clarification of its future nuclear policy. "We have confirmed" that all these conditions were met, he said in the meeting with the local assembly chief.
   Later in the day, Nose told reporters: "The Takahama nuclear power station affects the town's economy and industries, and the local administration. Operations (of the reactors) will contribute to the town's future."