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Three unauthorised drones were detected Saturday night at the Genkai Nuclear Power Station in Japan’s southwestern Kyushu region, where two reactors are currently undergoing decommissioning.
The Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) confirmed the incident on Sunday.
Japanese law prohibits unauthorised drone flights over and near nuclear power plants. An NRA spokesperson told AFP that no abnormalities were detected following the report, and the drones were not found inside the plant’s premises.
Police spokesman Masahiro Kosho stated that authorities have not located the drones nor identified who was operating them or their purpose.
Kyushu Electric Power Co. operates the Genkai plant, which has four reactors, with two in the process of being decommissioned.
The plant’s other reactors resumed operation after stringent safety standards were implemented in the wake of the devastating 2011 Fukushima disaster, caused by an earthquake and tsunami.
Last month, a new law took effect in Japan allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years, signalling the government’s renewed focus on atomic energy 14 years after the Fukushima catastrophe.
