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Nuclear agency OKs stress tests on 2 Fukui reactors

National Feb. 14, 2012 - 01:45PM JST ( 7 )

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SquidBertFeb. 14, 2012 - 02:07PM JST

I guess they couldn't find any older reactor that was located on some more hazardous fault line to OK?

I can accept that Japan will need a few reactors running and/or as power reserve for the near future. But they don't need to restart them all, and these certainly seem like a bad choice to keep. Perhaps they were the town in the most dire need of some nuclear money, I don't know.
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smithinjapanFeb. 14, 2012 - 02:30PM JST

And yet they don't tell anyone what the stress tests consist of.
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zichiFeb. 14, 2012 - 02:52PM JST

NISA have approved the results of the computer model, stress tests on two KEPCO reactors. It will now need further approval from the Atomic Commission. Following that, KEPCO will also need to seek the approval of the Fukui governor and local people, but that's not any kind of legal requirement.

Fukui is a small prefecture with the highest concentration of reactors in the country. About 25,000 people work at the nuclear power plants.

Initially, the governor had stated he would not give his approval for restarting the reactors until the central government issued written safety guidelines for NPP's.

The Fukui reactors are built on two major faults lines. In 1949, an earthquake killed more than 3,500 people.

50% of Kansai power is generated by nuclear energy. I think these two reactors will be back online before the early summer and will lead to the restarting of other reactors, unless there's strong opposition from the people.

The government have been less than clear over the future of nuclear energy.
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JapanGalFeb. 14, 2012 - 03:22PM JST

I would like to see the tests.
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SquidBertFeb. 14, 2012 - 03:24PM JST

@smithinjapan

And yet they don't tell anyone what the stress tests consist of.

Simple, if some member of the nuclear establishment feels stressed out by the mentioning of shutting down a certain plant, then the plant passes the test?
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Aries PostFeb. 14, 2012 - 03:48PM JST

It sounds responsible. More carefull measures will save lives
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wanderlustFeb. 14, 2012 - 03:50PM JST

The WENRA website (Western European Nuclear Regulators Association) published in RHWG Safety Reference Levels (January 2008), for existing and for new nuclear power plants (Nov 2010), which are serving as the basis for the stress tests. They are freely downloadable.

No doubt the actual stress tests will not be published openly, for fear of NPP operators fooling them and the usual security/ terrorism threats.