On the 23rd, the National Liaison Committee of Lawyers for Abolition of Nuclear Power Plants, which is involved in nuclear power plant injunction trials in various regions, announced that in light of the damage caused by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, including equipment failures at Hokuriku Electric Power’s Shiga Nuclear Power Plant (currently shut down in Shiga Town, Ishikawa Prefecture), the National Liaison Committee of Lawyers for Nuclear Power Plants, which is involved in nuclear power plant injunction trials in various regions, announced that it is We submitted a written opinion to the Nuclear Regulation Authority calling for the immediate shutdown of nuclear power plants and a fundamental review of the national guidelines for evacuation and radiation exposure prevention, as well as the evacuation plans of local governments in the vicinity of nuclear power plants.
Lawyers from the National Liaison Committee of Lawyers for the Abolition of Nuclear Power Plants published a written opinion calling for a review of national guidelines and evacuation plans in preparation for nuclear accidents at the Judicial Press Club in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo on the 23rd.
The opinion statement states that after the Noto Peninsula earthquake, approximately 400 people were stranded for eight days within a 30-kilometer radius of the Shiga Nuclear Power Plant due to the collapse of many houses and roads, and that monitoring posts that measure air radiation levels were temporarily unable to measure radiation levels at 18 locations. pointing out. He stressed that if an accident had occurred at the Shiga nuclear power plant, “residents would have been forced to expose themselves to radiation outdoors, where radioactive materials are floating around.”
At a press conference in Tokyo, attorney Hiroyuki Kawai, co-chairman of the liaison group, said, “The regulatory commission should fundamentally reconsider its guidelines and make them work realistically.Until this is done, we cannot evacuate, so stop nuclear power plants.” That’s what I mean.” Co-representative attorney Yuichi Kaito said, “I want the people of Japan to take this opportunity to once again think about what would happen if an earthquake were to occur while a nuclear power plant is operating.” (Nakasangake)
2024-01-23 09:29:16
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