島根２号機「新基準に適合」　再稼働時期は見通せず―規制委

　原子力規制委員会は１５日、中国電力島根原発２号機（松江市）について、再稼働に必要な新規制基準に適合しているとする審査書を正式決定した。全国で１７基目。島根２号機は東京電力福島第１原発と同じ沸騰水型軽水炉（ＢＷＲ）で、同型では東電柏崎刈羽原発６、７号機などに続き５基目となる。
　中国電は耐震補強などの対策工事を今年度中に終える予定。ただ、再稼働には地元自治体の了承が必要で、時期は未定だ。（2021/09/15-12:08）

Japanese regulators officially adopted on Wednesday a screening report concluding that the No. 2 reactor at the Shimane nuclear power plant in western Japan meets the country's new safety standards for a restart.
   The No. 2 unit at the nuclear plant in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, operated by Chugoku Electric Power Co. , became the 17th reactor in the country that has passed the Nuclear Regulation Authority's safety screenings.
   The NRA examines the safety of nuclear reactors based on strict standards that Japan introduced after the March 2011 triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s tsunami-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
   The Shimane No. 2 reactor became the fifth boiling-water reactor in Japan to win restart approval since the disaster hit reactors of the same type at the Fukushima plant, after the No. 6 and No. 7 reactors at TEPCO's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan.
   Chugoku Electric aims to complete seismic reinforcement and other works for the Shimane reactor by the end of March next year. It is unclear, however, when the company can gain consent from local governments for reactivating the reactor.