Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4
Owner Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc
Operator Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 8 July 1980
First Criticality Tuesday, 18 October 1983
First Grid Connection Friday, 18 November 1983
Commercial Operation Friday, 1 June 1984
Permanent Shutdown Friday, 21 December 2018

Specifications

Capacity Net 498 MWe
Capacity Gross 524 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1593 MWt
Design Net Capacity 498 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 (%)
1983 498 766 100.60 - - - - -
1984 496 7683 3558.21 100.00 98.90 98.90 98.90 98.90
1985 496 6681 3259.15 76.30 75.60 84.20 75.00 83.80
1986 496 6871 3366.58 78.40 78.00 81.80 77.50 81.40
1987 497 6500 3161.72 74.20 72.80 79.30 72.60 78.90
1988 496 6949 3410.62 79.10 78.60 79.10 78.30 78.80
1989 497 6177 3013.73 70.50 69.10 77.30 69.20 77.10
1990 497 5908 2850.66 67.40 65.60 75.50 65.50 75.30
1991 497 6954 3345.91 79.40 77.00 75.70 76.80 75.50
1992 497 8342 4120.53 95.00 94.70 78.00 94.40 77.70
1993 497 4666 2300.08 53.30 50.60 75.10 52.80 75.10
1994 497 6961 3428.82 79.50 78.60 75.40 78.80 75.50
1995 497 6000 2936.39 68.50 67.80 74.80 67.40 74.80
1996 498 7523 3727.17 85.60 85.60 75.60 85.20 75.60
1997 498 6708 3304.64 76.60 76.20 75.70 75.80 75.60
1998 498 6841 3359.53 78.10 76.90 75.80 77.00 75.70
1999 498 8517 4240.19 97.20 97.20 77.10 97.20 77.10
2000 498 7436 3689.11 84.60 84.60 77.60 84.30 77.50
2001 498 6873 3425.11 78.50 78.40 77.60 78.50 77.60
2002 498 6001 3143.17 68.50 68.50 77.10 72.00 77.30
2003 498 3725 1856.08 42.50 42.60 75.40 42.60 75.50
2004 498 6020 2998.90 68.50 68.50 75.00 68.60 75.20
2005 498 3799 1898.59 43.40 43.10 73.60 43.50 73.70
2006 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 70.30 0.00 70.40
2007 498 4351 2162.18 49.70 49.30 69.40 49.60 69.60
2008 498 1057 530.82 12.00 12.00 67.10 12.10 67.20
2009 498 6531 3117.35 74.60 71.30 67.20 71.50 67.40
2010 498 5338 2661.13 60.90 60.20 67.00 61.00 67.10
2011 498 1671 851.44 19.10 19.10 65.20 19.50 65.40
2012 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.90 0.00 63.10
2013 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.80 0.00 61.00
2014 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.80 0.00 59.00
2015 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.00 0.00 57.10
2016 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.20 0.00 55.40
2017 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.60 0.00 53.70
2018 498 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.00 0.00 52.20

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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