女川２号機「事実上合格」　再稼働向けた審査―東北で初・規制委

　原子力規制委員会は２７日、東北電力女川原発２号機（宮城県）について、再稼働の前提となる新規制基準に「適合している」とした審査書案を了承した。「事実上の合格」で、一般からの意見募集を経て、正式決定する。
　２０１１年３月の東日本大震災で被災した原発で、審査書案の取りまとめは昨年の日本原子力発電東海第２原発（茨城県）に続き２基目。東北電は、耐震補強などの対策工事を２０年度内に終える予定だが、再稼働には地元自治体の了承も必要で、時期は未定だ。
　女川原発は震災時、１、３号機は運転中で、２号機は原子炉の起動中だった。高さ約１３メートルの津波に襲われたが、原子炉建屋など主要施設が海抜１４．８メートルにあったことや、外部電源の１系統が生き残ったことなどから冷温停止に成功。東京電力福島第１原発のような重大事故には至らなかった。（2019/11/27-11:54）

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority approved Wednesday a draft screening document that the No. 2 reactor at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear power plant meets new nuclear plant safety standards for a restart.
   The reactor at the plant in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, thus effectively passed the NRA's safety screenings under the stricter standards introduced following the triple meltdown at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, caused by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The NRA will finalize the approval after a period for public comments.
   Among nuclear reactors affected by the earthquake and tsunami, the Onagawa No. 2 reactor is the second for which a screening document was drawn up by the NRA, following the reactor at the Tokai No. 2 nuclear power plant in Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, owned by Japan Atomic Power Co. The report for the Tokai No. 2 plant's reactor was compiled last year.
   Tohoku Electric plans to complete seismic reinforcement and other work by March 2021 for the Onagawa No. 2 reactor. It is uncertain, however, when the company can resume the reactor's operations as it needs to win consent from local governments to do so.
   When the powerful earthquake and tsunami mainly hit the country's Tohoku northeastern region, the No. 1 and No. 3 reactors of the Onagawa plant were in operation and Tohoku Electric was starting up the No. 2 reactor.