In contrast, the Fukui District Court, which recently issued a provisional injunction prohibiting the restart of the Takahama-3 and -4 NPPs, owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Co., described the standards as \u201ctoo gentle.\u201d<\/p>\n
The NRA chairman emphasized, moreover, that Japanese regulatory standards were \u201cinternationally recognized as being the strictest in the world.\u201d He went on to say, \u201cThe reason I have repeatedly said that \u2018nuclear power is not absolutely safe\u2019 is to demonstrate the NRA\u2019s stance of continuously pursuing safety without falling into the \u2018safety myth\u2019 of NPPs. I am sorry that this was not understood.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also noted that there were factual mistakes in the Fukui District Court ruling, pointing to the court\u2019s classifying the seismic class of the water supply equipment at the spent fuel pool court as \u201cB,\u201d rather than the highest class of \u201cS,\u201d which it actually is.<\/p>\n
Regarding the NRA\u2019s future examinations of the Takahama reactors, Tanaka said that the district court\u2019s decision would not affect the NRA\u2019s administrative procedures. He added that the NRA would proceed to the point of inspection \u2014 the step prior to restarting the reactors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In contrast, the Fukui District Court, which recently issued a provisional injunction prohibiting the restart of the Takahama-3 and -4 NPPs, owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Co., described the standards as \u201ctoo gentle.\u201d The NRA chairman emphasized, moreover, that Japanese regulatory standards were \u201cinternationally recognized as being the strictest in the world.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6,8,7],"tags":[345,45,20,19,18,149,284,285],"class_list":["post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-npps","category-policies","category-regulation-safety","tag-court","tag-fukui","tag-kansai","tag-nra","tag-restart","tag-shunichi-tanaka","tag-takahama-3","tag-takahama-4"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t