柏崎刈羽、一部廃炉判断前倒し　再稼働後２年以内に―東電ＨＤ

　東京電力ホールディングス（ＨＤ）が、柏崎刈羽原発（新潟県）１～５号機の一部について廃炉を前倒しで判断する方針を固めたことが２１日、分かった。６、７号機の再稼働を条件に、再稼働後５年以内としていた期限を２年以内に早める。早期再稼働に向け、地元の理解を得やすくする狙いがある。（2024/08/22-00:05）

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. plans to decommission some reactors at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, earlier than scheduled, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday.
   TEPCO plans to decommission some Kashiwazaki-Kariwa reactors within two years after the plant's No. 6 and No. 7 reactors go back online, the people said.
   TEPCO President Tomoaki Kobayakawa is expected to meet with Masahiro Sakurai, mayor of Kashiwazaki, Niigata, as early as Thursday to brief him about the plan, the people said.
   In TEPCO's 2019 plan presented to the city, the company pledged to take steps, including possible decommissioning, regarding at least one of the plant's No. 1 to No. 5 reactors within five years after the No. 6 and No. 7 reactors are reactivated.
   The company hopes that decommissioning some reactors earlier than planned will help it win local support for the restart of the No. 6 and No. 7 reactors.