
東京電力と日本原子力発電が使用済み核燃料の搬入量確保に向けた事業者間連携を提案
東京電力HDと日本原子力発電は、青森県むつ市の中間貯蔵施設に関西電力と東北電力が参画する新計画を提示した。当初計画の5千トン確保を目指し、2028年頃からの搬入開始を想定。県や市は今後、受け入れの是非を判断する。
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むつ市の中間貯蔵施設は、原発から出る使用済み核燃料を一時保管する目的で計画された。当初は東電と原電の燃料を対象としていた。
原発から出る使用済み核燃料を一時保管する青森県むつ市の中間貯蔵施設をめぐり、出資する東京電力ホールディングス(HD)と日本原子力発電は18日、関西電力と東北電力が核燃料搬入に参画する、新たな計画を地元側に示した。県や市は今後、受け入れの是非を判断する。
この日、東電の小早川智明社長と原電の村松衛社長が青森県の大田圭副知事と山本知也市長と面会。東電と原電だけでは中長期の搬入量が当初計画の5千トンに届かないため、関電と東北電の核燃料を受け入れる「事業者間連携」を提案した。
新計画では東電からの3500トン、原電からの900トンに加え、関電から500トン、東北電から100トンを受け入れ、計5千トンを確保する。関電と東北電は2028年ごろから搬入を始め、50年代前半までに5千トンの搬入量を実現するという。
むつ市は使用済み核燃料に課税しており、搬入量が減れば税収減につながる。そのため、事業者間連携によって搬入量の確保を求める声は地元側にある。一方、施設の立地協定では東電と原電以外の核燃料搬入は想定しておらず、事業者間連携の実現には県や市の理解が不可欠だ。
小早川社長は「事業者間連携で安全性に影響が生じることはない。新規の参入者も立地協定で定める50年という貯蔵期間を順守するよう適切に対応する」と説明した。
山本市長は「直ちに判断する…
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青森県とむつ市による受け入れの是非の判断
Very likely · Within months

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