敦賀２号機、審査書案を了承　新基準「不適合」は初―意見公募経て決定へ・規制委

　日本原子力発電敦賀原発２号機（福井県敦賀市）の新規制基準への適合性審査で、原子力規制委員会は２８日、不適合とする審査書案を了承した。パブリックコメント（意見公募）を約１カ月間実施した上で正式決定する。９年近くに及んだ審査を経て、敦賀２号機の再稼働は事実上不可能となる。原電側は追加調査を行い、再申請を目指す考えを示している。
　東京電力福島第１原発事故後の２０１３年にできた新規制基準では、活断層の上に原子炉建屋などの設置を認めていない。これまで１７基が適合と判断されて審査に合格したが、不適合は初となる。（2024/08/28-17:46）

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority on Wednesday adopted a draft screening report declaring the No. 2 reactor of the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan, noncompliant with the country's new safety standards.
   The NRA will decide whether to formally adopt the report after collecting public comments on it for about a month.
   While it will be effectively impossible to restart the 1.16-million-kilowatt Tsuruga No. 2 reactor if the report is formally adopted, Japan Atomic Power Co., the operator of the plant, has indicated that it will reapply for approval to get the reactor back online.
   The new safety standards, introduced in 2013 in response to the 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant, do not allow the installation of important nuclear plant facilities, such as reactor buildings, on any active faults.
   So far, 17 reactors in the country have passed the NRA's safety screenings under the new standards. It will be the first time for a nuclear reactor to be declared not meeting the standards.