玄海原発差し止め認めず＝福岡高裁、安全対策「合理的」

　九州電力玄海原発３、４号機（佐賀県玄海町）は安全対策が不十分だとして、福岡や佐賀など５県の住民７１人が運転差し止めを求めた仮処分申し立ての即時抗告審で、福岡高裁（山之内紀行裁判長）は２５日、住民側の申請を却下した佐賀地裁決定を支持し、即時抗告を棄却した。
　原子力規制委員会の新規制基準下で審査された地震や火山の影響評価、避難計画の実効性など、複数の論点が争われた。
　山之内裁判長は火山の巨大噴火に関し、発生の可能性が「低頻度」であれば、法規制や防災対策で発生を想定しないことは「社会通念」として容認できると説明。耐震設計の目安となる基準地震動の策定やテロ対策などについても、不合理な点はみられないとした。
　その上で、規制委の審査基準は「合理的」であり、同原発に「生命、身体に重大な被害を受ける具体的な危険」は認められないと結論付けた。（2019/09/25-16:44）

A high court on Wednesday dismissed a petition seeking a provisional injunction to halt operations at two reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
   Fukuoka High Court in neighboring Fukuoka Prefecture rejected the appeal filed by a total of 71 residents from five prefectures, including Saga and Fukuoka, upholding Saga District Court's ruling handed down in March last year.
   The plaintiffs claimed that measures taken by Kyushu Electric to ensure the safety of the nuclear plant and safety screenings by the Nuclear Regulation Authority are insufficient.
   There are serious flaws in the power company's estimates on maximum ground motions from possible earthquakes and evaluations of the effects of a potential volcanic eruption, they said. They also argued that evacuation plans devised for residents in times of emergency are not viable, while pointing to a delay in the establishment of a counterterrorism facility.
   In July this year, the high court rejected a similar appeal filed by a different group of residents.