Kashiwazaki Kariwa 6 shut down on 26 March 2012 and is in the process of seeking clearance to restart, after the introduction of new regulatory requirements in 2013 by Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority.

Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model ABWR
Owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 3 November 1992
First Criticality Monday, 18 December 1995
First Grid Connection Monday, 29 January 1996
Commercial Operation Thursday, 7 November 1996
Long-term Shutdown Monday, 26 March 2012

Specifications

Capacity Net 1315 MWe
Capacity Gross 1356 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3926 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1315 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1996 1315 5240 5663.21 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.80 99.80
1997 1315 7752 10161.45 88.50 88.40 90.10 88.20 89.90
1998 1315 8217 10702.27 93.80 93.30 91.60 92.90 91.30
1999 1315 7480 9710.40 85.40 84.80 89.40 84.30 89.10
2000 1315 7183 9411.59 81.80 81.80 87.60 81.50 87.20
2001 1315 7079 9269.97 80.80 80.70 86.20 80.50 85.90
2002 1315 8760 11504.14 100.00 100.00 88.50 99.90 88.20
2003 1315 6163 8401.23 70.40 71.50 86.10 72.90 86.10
2004 1315 6410 8635.19 73.00 72.70 84.50 74.80 84.70
2005 1315 8232 11126.45 94.00 93.90 85.50 96.60 86.00
2006 1315 6301 8446.71 71.90 71.40 84.10 73.30 84.70
2007 1315 2787 3758.17 31.80 31.60 79.40 32.60 80.10
2008 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 72.90 0.00 73.50
2009 1315 2818 3653.77 32.20 30.90 69.70 31.70 70.30
2010 1315 7089 9522.09 80.90 80.60 70.50 82.70 71.20
2011 1315 8147 10960.32 93.00 92.70 71.90 95.20 72.80
2012 1315 2040 2756.33 23.20 23.10 68.90 23.90 69.70
2013 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.90 0.00 65.70
2014 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.30 0.00 62.00
2015 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.10 0.00 58.80
2016 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.20 0.00 55.90
2017 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.60 0.00 53.30
2018 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.20 0.00 50.90
2019 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 48.10 0.00 48.70
2020 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 46.10 0.00 46.60
2021 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.30 0.00 44.80

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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