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Kashiwazaki Kariwa-7, Japan

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	Hitachi/General Electric/Toshiba
Owner	Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.
Model	ABWR
Operator	Tokyo Electric Power Co.,Inc.
Capacity Net	1315 MWe
Capacity Gross	1356 MWe
Capacity Thermal	3926 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	1 July 1993
Criticality	1 November 1996
Grid Connection	17 December 1996
Commercial Operation	2 July 1997

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	116.41 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	63.8 %
WNN Link	Massive earthquake hits Japan

Tokyo Electric Power Co's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. [Image: TEPCO]

Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1993	0	0	0	0	0
1994	0	0	0	0	0
1995	0	0	0	0	0
1996	1315	58.34	257	0	0
1997	1315	8127.93	6764	99.8	100
1998	1315	9715.61	7452	84.3	85.1
1999	1315	8445.43	6458	73.3	73.7
2000	1315	11240.18	8587	97.3	97.8
2001	1315	10078.37	7752	87.5	88.5
2002	1315	7989.96	6089	69.4	69.5
2003	1315	5778.49	4302	50.2	49.1
2004	1315	10805.16	8057	93.5	91.7
2005	1315	7977.49	6007	69.2	68.6
2006	1315	8166.24	6250	70.9	71.4
2007	1315	6358.57	4714	55.2	53.8
2008	1315	0	0	0	0
2009	1315	5366.3	4338	46.6	49.5
2010	1315	9033.86	7041	78.4	80.4
2011	1315	7348.67	5616	63.8	64.1
2012	1315	0	0	0	0
Total:		116490.6

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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