志賀原発の被害、原因究明を　地震対策見直し検討も指示―規制委・能登地震

　原子力規制委員会は１０日の定例会合で、能登半島地震で変圧器が油漏れするなどした北陸電力志賀原発（石川県志賀町）について、原因究明と対策を徹底するよう事務局の原子力規制庁に指示した。現在の地震対策の見直しが必要かどうかも検討するよう求めた。
　北陸電によると、志賀原発では１号機地下で震度５強を観測。変圧器２台で油が漏れたほか、周辺の放射線量を測るモニタリングポストの一部からデータが届かなくなった。１、２号機とも２０１１年から停止中で、使用済み燃料プール内にある核燃料の冷却や外部への放射能の影響はないという。（2024/01/10-19:21）

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority has ordered its secretariat to thoroughly investigate the cause of damage to a nuclear power plant from the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1.
   The regulatory watchdog gave the order at a regular meeting Wednesday.
   According to Hokuriku Electric Power Co., the quake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in the basement of the No. 1 reactor building at its Shika nuclear plant in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan.
   The temblor caused oil to leak from two transformers. In addition, the company became unable to measure radiation levels at up to 18 of its 116 monitoring posts in areas around the plant.
   Both of the plant's two reactors have been idled since 2011, the company said, adding that the quake did not cause any radiation leaks to the outside or leave any impact on the operations to cool nuclear fuel in spent fuel pools.