It is Makoto due to the sixth in Hamaoka nuclear power plant vanguard sending Chubu and the great earthquake. 30 distribution per two new design picture review Mainichi Shimbun o'clock Sunday, March 20
Macro photographyConstruction of a nuclear power plant and plan groundThe accident of the first nuclear power plant in Fukushima of Tokyo Electric Power Company due to a East Japan great earthquake was received, and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. decided the policy of putting off the sixth machine new design picture of the Hamaoka nuclear power plant (Shizuoka Prefecture Omaezaki City) where starting constructing was scheduled in 15 on the 19th. Local is assumed to be "The security precaution of an existing nuclear reactor is top priority", and the sixth machine new design picture also has the possibility to be driven in in the state of freezing though it is done, "It is necessary to receive this earthquake, and to reflect the new insight ....Chubu.. head..". Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. temporarily decides the interruption, and is urged the radical overhaul of new construction of the nuclear power plant on the nuclear power plant reinforcement plan to which the country came as a prop of the energy policy. 【 Akihiko Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Tateyama [**], and [akirahisashi] Kudo 】
【 East Japan great earthquake 】The appearance on March 19 in the photograph
Chubu announces the new design picture of the sixth in Hamaoka nuclear power plant machine for 08 years. It had aimed at starting constructing and 18?23 year's commencement of commercial operation for 15 years. The method book on "Environmental assessment" that became the assumption of the nuclear reactor installation permission application in fiscal year was scheduled to be submitted to the country and the local municipality. However, after the nuclear accident of Fukushima of Tokyo Electric Power Company, the [gawakahirafuto] governor in Shizuoka Prefecture in local and mayor Shigeo Ishihara in Omaezaki City are requesting the plan review.
A East Japan great earthquake is M9.0 though the Hamaoka nuclear power plant is said that magnitude (M) will have the earthquake resistance of 8.5 or more. Strengthening the safety measures of an existing nuclear reactor is a pressing need far from the inside and new establishment that uneasiness in local rises. It was said to the coverage of Mainichi Shimbun on the 19th ..Chubu.. head, "It is reluctant to postpone planning to explain in local politely and to obtain understanding (new establishment of the machine the sixth)". It is a situation in which a great delay of Pluthermal Plan to which beginning is scheduled is not avoided with the fourth in Hamaoka nuclear power plant machine in 12.
Moreover, the construction work from Sekihara after Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. also begins the work of reclamation in the surface of the sea of the Inland Sea in February (Yamaguchi Prefecture Kaminoseki-cho) is temporarily interrupted. The voice of protest extends to the increase plan of Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. and the machine thirdly in the Kawauchi nuclear power plant (Kagoshima Prefecture Satsuma of Kawauchi City,) in local, and the possibility to run onto a reef has risen. For the Yagi sincerity president of Kansai Electric Power Company, the retreat of the nuclear power plant policy is a situation not avoided though the Fukushima nuclear accident is admitted "It is a state of emergency for the nuclear power business" though emphasized, "Nuclear power is an electric power source indispensable to achieve the low carbon society".
54 commercial nuclear power plants operate in Japan now, and 30 percent a domestic amount of the power generation electric power is covered. It is planned to increase 14 or more newly by 30 years, three such as the third in Shimane nuclear power plant machines of Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. has already started constructing, and, besides, government's 11 plans are advanced. Utilization rates is improved by prolonging, and the policy of improving the power generation ratio of nuclear power plants to the entire electric power to 50% has been shown by deregulation at intervals of the special survey.
However, the impact of the accident of the Fukushima nuclear power plant is large and is "The energy policy of going forward on the nuclear power plant failed" (executive of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) situation. There is a possibility that it becomes impossible to treat the nuclear power plant where it is substituted after decommissioning the nuclear power plant that becomes superannuated in the future. Japan Atomic Power and the machine (Fukui Prefecture Tsuruga City) the first in the Tsuruga nuclear power plant are expected, and the machine (prefecture concerned Mihama-cho) the first in Kanden and Mihama Nuclear Power Plant schedules driving to be stopped, and will be expected the decommissioning of 18 total constructed in the 70's including six first that causes the accident for 16 years by 21 years. There is a possibility that 30 percent of the entire power generation ability of a present nuclear power plant (48.85 million kilowatts)(13.42 million kilowatts) disappears if the new increase stops.
The power demand in 19 fiscal year is expected to become 9.3% increase compared with fiscal year 2008 according to the passing production ministry. Achievement is a difficult state of affairs though thought by the country that they cover about 60 percent of the power generating machine reinforcement corresponding to this in the nuclear power plant. The dilemma to make the inside and the electric rate that the crude oil price soars jump up is held though substitution by thermal power and water power is examined.
