ＩＡＥＡ「改善なされている」　柏崎原発の現地調査終了―新潟

　国際原子力機関（ＩＡＥＡ）は２日、３月２５日から実施していた東京電力柏崎刈羽原発（新潟県）での核物質防護に関する現地調査を終了した。調査チームの専門家は「防護システムのいくつかの分野で継続的な改善がなされていることを確認した。さらなる改善のための勧告と提言をした」などと語った。
　同原発の稲垣武之所長は「重要な意見として所員全員で受け止める。今後はアドバイスに基づき、国際基準に沿って核セキュリティーを強化していく」と述べた。
　現地調査では、原発構内の核セキュリティー設備の確認や関係者への聞き取りなどが行われた。調査報告書は数週間後に完成する見通し。（2024/04/02-14:34）

A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have identified continuous improvements in the nuclear material protection of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in central Japan, the IAEA said Tuesday.
   The IAEA team "observed the facility management's commitment to improving nuclear security and identified continuous improvements in several areas of" the physical protection system of the plant in Niigata Prefecture, the agency said in a statement.
   "The team provided TEPCO recommendations and suggestions for further improvements," the IAEA said after the completion of the team's nine-day nuclear security inspection of the plant. The IAEA team is expected to compile a report in the coming weeks.
   Takeyuki Inagaki, head of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant, said that the plant's staff will take the IAEA team's recommendations and suggestions seriously as valuable input. Based on them, the plant will strengthen nuclear security in line with international standards, he said.
   The plant had been banned from operating by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, following a string of inadequacies found in its antiterrorism measures. When the ban was lifted in December last year, industry minister Ken Saito demanded an outside evaluation of the plant.