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Japan
Abandoned Constructions
1
Under Construction
1
Operating
9
Long-Term Outage
24
Permanent Shutdown
27
Number of Reactors
(as of December 2019)
29
Mean Age of Reactor Fleet
(as of December 2019)
6.2%
Increase
Nuclear Share in Electricity Production
(2018)
13.9
Annual Load Factor
(2018)
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WNISR
in the Media –
15 March 2019
Japan Times (Japan)
In aftermath of Fukushima triple meltdown, Japan’s nuclear industry faces fierce headwind
This is the last in a five-part series examining how the northeast and the nation are progressing with efforts to deal with the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. Japan Times, 11 March 2019
BY
SATOSHI
SUGIYAMA
Even after the Fukushima No. 1 crisis in March 2011 forced Japan to rethink its use of nuclear energy, the resource-scarce nation had hoped nuclear power would still serve it well. Although only nine of Japan’s 38 commercial reactors are currently operating amid (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
9 February 2019 [de]
Frankfurter Rundschau (Germany)
Atomkraft in Japan—Ein langsamer Tod
Japans Atombranche steckt seit Fukushima in der Krise. Auch im Ausland stocken die Projekte. Die Analyse. Frankfurter Rundschau, 5 February 2019 von Felix Lill Es ist noch nicht lange her, da gab sich Japan ziemlich siegessicher. Das Atom-Desaster von Fukushima sei ärgerlich und teuer, keineswegs aber das Ende aller Tage. Die für Japans Volkswirtschaft so wichtige, vermeintlich billige Energie aus den gut 50 Reaktoren im ganzen Land sei unverzichtbar. Und ohne das Know-how der (...)
The Annual Reports –
4 September 2018
Nuclear Power: Strategic Asset, Liability or Increasingly Irrelevant?
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 Released
Paris, London, 4 September 2018. Nuclear power plants added a total of 7-gigawatt (
GW
) capacity to the world’s electricity grids in 2017 and the first half of 2018, a tiny fraction of the total from all sources, which is estimated at some 257
GW
(net) in 2017, including 157
GW
of renewable capacity (the largest increase ever). Over that 18-month period, six reactors started up in China, two in Russia and one in Pakistan. For the third year in a row, excluding China, global nuclear power generation has declined, finds the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2018 (
WNISR2018
).
WNISR
Essential News –
20 June 2018
Genkai-4 Reconnected to Japanese Grid After 6.5-Year Outage
Genkai-4 Reconnected to Japanese Grid After 6.5-Year Outage
WNISR
, 20 June 2018 The Genkai-4
PWR
was reconnected to the grid 20 June 2018, six and a half years after it shut down in December 2011. The 1180 MWe reactor, owned by the Kyushu Electric Power Company, is located in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture in southern Kyushu. Restart of the Genkai reactor had been delayed by two months due to the Kobe Steel scandal, where parts supplied to Kyushu Electric, amongst many others, were required to (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
13 May 2018
Ohi-4, Down Since 2013, Finally Reconnected to the Japanese Grid
Ohi-4, Down Since 2013, Finally Reconnected to the Japanese Grid
WNISR
, 12 May 2018 The Ohi unit 4 reactor was reconnected to the grid 11 May 2018, plant owner Kansai Electric Power Company (
KEPCO
) announced. The reactor, located on Wakasa bay, Fukui Prefecture in western Japan, last operated on 14 September 2013.
KEPCO
had planned to restart in March 2018, but had to delay for two months due to the need for inspections following the disclosure of data falsifications on products supplied by (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
12 April 2018
Christian Science Monitor (
US
)
How Fukushima turned a nuclear advocate into an antinuclear champion
A Shift in Thought
Naoto Kan, Japan’s former prime minister, was devoted to the idea of nuclear power. But after his country’s nuclear disaster in 2011, he turned into an improbable activist against atomic energy. Can he persuade the pro-nuke French? Clare Kittredge Contributor Naoto Kan came to France anyway. The once pro-nuclear former prime minister who led Japan through the Fukushima nuclear disaster recently made a swing through one of France’s most nuclearized areas – the tip of Normandy – giving (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
27 March 2018
Permanent Closure of Ikata-2 Brings Total Shutdowns to One Third of Pre-Fukushima Capacity in Japan
Permanent Closure of Ikata-2 Brings Total Shutdowns to One Third of Pre-Fukushima Capacity in Japan
WNISR
, 27 March 2018 Only two days after Kyushu Electric’s restart announcement for Genkai-3, on 27 March 2018, Shikoku Electric Power Company announced that its Board of Directors had taken the decision for the permanent shutdown of the Ikata-2 reactor. The 538
MW
Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
), located in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku, was connected to the grid on 19 August 1981 (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
26 March 2018
Japan: Genkai-3 Restarted After 7-Year Outage
Japan: Genkai-3 Restarted After 8-Year Outage
WNISR
, 26 March 2018 Genkai-3 was reconnected to the grid 25 March 2018, more than seven years after it shut down in December 2010. The 1180 MWe Pressurized Water Reactor (
PWR
), owned by the Kyushu Electric Power Company, is located in Genkai town, Saga Prefecture in southern Kyushu. Restart of the Genkai reactor had been delayed by two months due to the Kobe Steel scandal, where parts supplied to Kyushu Electric were required to be checked prior (...)
WNISR
Essential News –
17 March 2018
Japan: Ohi-3 Restarted After 4.5-Year Outage
Japan: Ohi-3 Restarted After 4.5-Year Outage
WNISR
, 17 March 2018 On 16 March 2018, Japanese utility Kansai Electric Power Company (
KEPCO
) reconnected its reactor Ohi-3 to the grid, four and a half years after it was shut down on 2 September 2013.
KEPCO
plans to restart Ohi-4 in mid May 2018. The Ohi nuclear plant has been the subject of multiple lawsuits since its shutdown.
KEPCO
submitted its applications to the Nuclear Regulation Authority (
NRA
) for safety examinations of Ohi-3 and -4 on (...)
WNISR
in the Media –
4 February 2018
The Independent (
UK
)
Fukushima nuclear disaster: Lethal levels of radiation detected in leak seven years after plant meltdown in Japan
Expert warns of ’global’ consequences unless the plant is treated properly The Independent Jeff Farrell Friday 2 February 2018 14:23
GMT
Lethal levels of radiation have been detected at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, seven years after it was destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), which operated the complex and is now responsible for its clean up, made the discovery in a reactor containment vessel last month. The energy firm found eight (...)
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