柏崎刈羽「運転禁止」　東電のテロ対策不備―是正命令を正式決定・規制委

　東京電力柏崎刈羽原発（新潟県）のテロ対策に不備が続いていた問題で、原子力規制委員会は１４日、東電に対し、状況の改善が追加検査で確認されるまで同原発内での核燃料の移動を禁じる是正措置命令を正式決定した。
　同日午後、命令書を受け取った東電の文挟誠一副社長は「頂いた命令は非常に重い。もう一度福島第１原発事故の教訓と反省に立ち返り、安全文化、組織文化を確立していきたい」と述べた。
　同原発７号機は、再稼働に必要な規制委の新規制基準適合性審査に合格しているが、命令は原子炉内への核燃料搬入も禁じるため、命令が解除されるまで運転できず、再稼働は事実上不可能になる。（2021/04/14-17:35）

The Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday decided to issue an administrative order to Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. over a series of security flaws at its nuclear power station in central Japan.
   TEPCO will be prohibited from moving nuclear fuel at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa power station in Niigata Prefecture until the Japanese government agency confirms improvements in security measures at the plant through additional inspections.
   The plant's No. 7 reactor has passed the NRA's safety screening needed for its restart. But TEPCO will be unable to bring it back online before the lifting of the NRA order, which includes a ban on the loading of nuclear fuel into the reactor.
   Since January 2018, a situation in which it was impossible to detect potential intruders, such as terrorists, occurred several times. For example, TEPCO failed to take sufficient alternative steps although equipment to detect intruders became dysfunctional.
   Last month, the NRA rated the situation at the plant at the most serious level on its four-tier assessment scale, saying that the security flaws could have led the plant to a grave situation in terms of nuclear material protection.