Japan Has 3 Reactors With 6.4% of Total Capacity Online
Japan has three nuclear reactors operating as of today with capacity of 3,138 megawatts, or 6.4 percent of the total, according to data compiled by Bloomberg News.
Chugoku Electric Power Co. shut the 820-megawatt No. 2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear plant in western Japan today for regular maintenance as planned, Isao Oshimo, a spokesman for the utility, said by phone. The company now has no reactor in operation with no date set to restart generation at its sole atomic station.
Reactors have been closed for maintenance, safety checks and stress tests following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that caused reactor meltdowns and radiation leaks at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant. None have yet been approved for restart.
The following table shows the status of the 54 reactors with capacity of 48,960 megawatts operated by Japanese power companies. Capacity figures are in megawatts.
COMPANY UNIT CAPACITY STATUS ---------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hokkaido Electric Power Co. Tomari No. 1 579 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 579 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 3 912 Running. Maintenance shutdown due by late April Tohoku Electric Power Co. Onagawa No. 1 524 Shutdown after quake, tsunami No. 2 825 Shutdown before quake, tsunami No. 3 825 Shutdown after quake, tsunami Higashidori No. 1 1,100 Shutdown before quake, tsunami Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Dai-Ichi No. 1 460 Core meltdown after quake, tsunami No. 2 784 Core meltdown after quake, tsunami No. 3 784 Core meltdown after quake, tsunami No. 4 784 Reactor building damaged after quake, tsunami No. 5 784 Shutdown before quake, tsunami No. 6 1,100 Shutdown before quake, tsunami Fukushima Dai-Ni No. 1 1,100 Shutdown after quake, tsunami No. 2 1,100 Shutdown after quake, tsunami No. 3 1,100 Shutdown after quake, tsunami No. 4 1,100 Shutdown after quake, tsunami Kashiwazaki Kariwa No. 1 1,100 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 1,100 Shutdown after 2007 quake No. 3 1,100 Shutdown after 2007 quake No. 4 1,100 Shutdown after 2007 quake No. 5 1,100 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 6 1,356 Running. Maintenance shutdown due by end March No. 7 1,356 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Chubu Electric Power Co. Hamaoka No. 3 1,100 Shutdown to strengthen quake/tsunami defenses No. 4 1,137 Shutdown to strengthen quake/tsunami defenses No. 5 1,380 Shutdown to strengthen quake/tsunami defenses Hokuriku Electric Power Co. Shika No. 1 540 Shutdown due to malfunction. Restart not decided No. 2 1,206 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart delayed Kansai Electric Power Co. Mihama No. 1 340 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 500 Shutdown due to malfunction. Restart not decided No. 3 826 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Ohi No. 1 1,175 Shutdown due to malfunction No. 2 1,175 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 3 1,180 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 4 1,180 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Takahama No. 1 826 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 826 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 3 870 Running. Maintenance shutdown due by Feb. 20 No. 4 870 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Chugoku Electric Power Co. Shimane No. 1 460 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 820 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Shikoku Electric Power Co. Ikata No. 1 566 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 566 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 3 890 Shutdown. Restart delayed Kyushu Electric Power Co. Genkai No. 1 559 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 559 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart delayed No. 3 1,180 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart delayed No. 4 1,180 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Sendai No. 1 890 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided No. 2 890 Shutdown for maintenance. Restart not decided Japan Atomic Power Co. Tsuruga No. 1 357 Shutdown for maintenance through late-February No. 2 1,160 Shutdown (radiation leak). Maintenance to Dec. Tokai Dai-Ni No. 1 1,100 Damaged in March earthquake and tsunami -----------------------------------------------------------
Sources: Hokkaido Electric, Tohoku Electric, Tokyo Electric, Chubu Electric, Hokuriku Electric, Kansai Electric, Chugoku Electric, Shikoku Electric, Kyushu Electric, Japan Atomic Power.
To contact the reporter on this story: Tsuyoshi Inajima in Tokyo at tinajima@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Peter Langan at plangan@bloomberg.net
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