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5 Avril 2016
April 5, 2016
JIJI
IKATA, EHIME PREF. – The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) on Tuesday started inspections on the No. 3 reactor of Shikoku Electric Power Co.’s Ikata nuclear power plant ahead of a planned restart in summer.
If the checks go smoothly, Shikoku Electric plans to load nuclear fuel into the reactor in late June ahead of its reboot in late July.
Under new nuclear safety standards, introduced after the March 2011 nuclear catastrophe at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima No. 1 plant, the Ikata No. 3 reactor is the fifth to go through the NRA’s inspections before being allowed to restart.
The four others are the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Sendai plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, and the No. 3 and No. 4 reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama plant in Fukui Prefecture.
According to Shikoku Electric, there are 50 items on the checklist for the Ikata No. 3 reactor, including confirming whether safety instruments work properly.
The inspections, including final checks, will last about 4½ months and include examining how the utility would respond to possible accidents.
Shikoku Electric has estimated commercial operations would begin mid-August.
The NRA judged last July that the Ikata No. 3 reactor met the new safety standards.
The governor of Ehime Prefecture and the mayor of the town of Ikata approved its restart last October.
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