Japan
Nuclear reactor in Japan shut down
Incident in the Japanese nuclear reactors: After problems with a Generator, a NUCLEAR power plant was shut down. The operator, but the all-clear. Meanwhile, the legal reappraisal of the Fukushima nuclear disaster is running.
After the nuclear disaster of Fukushima, four reactors have gone back to the grid. One of which occurred now. After problems with a Generator was driven in the West of Japan, a nuclear reactor automatically shut down. According to information from the operators group, Kansai Electric Power, the incident at the nuclear power plant in Takahama in the Western province of Fukui will be examined. The cooling system of the reactor have, however, works flawlessly.
Government’s emphasis on strict safety requirements
The complex is located approximately 400 kilometers West of the capital Tokyo. As recently as last Friday, the reactor number 4 had been switched on again. As a consequence of the Fukushima nuclear disaster had in the meantime been for two years, all 48 commercial reactors in Japan still. 11. March 2011 had occurred in consequence of an earthquake and tsunami, one of the core melt in the nuclear power plant Fukushima Daiichi. According to the Japanese government’s new safety requirements for the operation of atomic the “the most stringent in the world silos”. On the Basis of the first two reactors at the nuclear power plant Sendai in the southwestern Japanese province of Kagoshima were taken again in 2015 to the grid, the reactors 3 and 4 in NUCLEAR power plant Takahama followed. The rest of the 44 reactors in Japan are still in operation.
The destroyed Fukushima NUCLEAR power plant
Tepco Manager accused
Almost five years after the nuclear disaster, have now been also accused three former Top Manager of the operator group, Tepco. The previous Tepco boss Tsunehisa Katsumata and two former Vice presidents, Sakae Muto and Ichiro Takekuro is accused of, among other things, neglect of the duty of care. The accusation: they should not have protected the nuclear power plant against a disaster caused by Tsunamis. As such, they are also for the death of 44 elderly patients at a hospital, and are responsible for the injuries, the other 13 people on 11. March 2011 contributed to how the news Agency Kyodo reported.
According to the report, the three managers want to plead not guilty. With the opening of the process will not be expected before the end of the year. The company Tepco does not want to comment on the charges.
Recently, Tepco had to have at that time, to late on the meltdown informed. Based on the radiation of the reactors, Tepco already knew a few days after the accident, from the Severity of the damage, but used the term core melt until about two months later.
where/ml (dpa, afp)