島根２号機、来月７日に再稼働へ　福島第１と同型で２基目―中国電

　中国電力は１１日、島根原発２号機（松江市）の再稼働について、１２月７日に原子炉を起動する方針を原子力規制庁に伝えた。２号機は東京電力福島第１原発と同じ沸騰水型軽水炉（ＢＷＲ）で、２０１１年の事故後にＢＷＲが再稼働するのは東北電力女川原発（宮城県）２号機に次いで２基目となる。
　中国電によると、７日に原子炉内の核分裂反応を抑える制御棒を引き抜き、原子炉を起動させる。営業運転再開は来年１月上旬を予定している。（2024/11/11-12:26）

Chugoku Electric Power Co. notified the Nuclear Regulation Authority on Monday that it plans to restart the No. 2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear power plant in western Japan on Dec. 7.
   The Shimane No. 2 unit will be the second boiling water reactor, after the No. 2 unit at Tohoku Electric Power Co.'s Onagawa nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, to be brought back online since reactors of the same type were crippled in the March 2011 accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s Fukushima No. 1 plant in northeastern Japan.
   According to Chugoku Electric, the control rods that suppress the fission reaction at the Shimane reactor will be removed on Dec. 7. The reactor is scheduled to begin commercial operation in early January.
   The Shimane plant is the only nuclear power plant located in a prefectural capital in the country. The No. 2 reactor was shut down in January 2012 for a routine inspection.
   Chugoku Electric completed work to implement safety measures for the reactor last month, and finished loading nuclear fuel into the reactor on Nov. 3.