9Reactor control room
Major accident response facilities (response to major accidents)
- Requirements from the New Regulatory Requirements
- ●Operators should be able to stay in the reactor control room, or main control room, at the time of major accidents.
- Actions taken at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station
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●Exposure dose of workers will be reduced by building a shelter with radiation shielding near the main control room.
●Radiation-related equipment and materials (protective gear and measuring instruments) are being stored in the main control room
in preparation for a major accident.
●Power supply from alternating current power supply equipment (gas turbine generators and power supply vehicles) is being made available for
the lighting and air-conditioning of the main control room.