TOKYO, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Chugoku Electric Power 9504.T restarted the 820 megawatt (MW) No.2 reactor at its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan on Sunday following a temporary shutdown for safety checks, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday.
The reactor, which was restarted on Dec. 7 for the first time in about 13 years, was temporarily halted on Dec. 15 for safety inspections of facilities and equipment.
The company aims to resume commercial operations of the reactor by mid-January, the spokesperson said.
As of Tuesday, Japan has 12 operating reactors with a total capacity of 11,247 MW.
Many companies are still going through a re-licensing process to comply with stricter safety standards imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. They had 54 operational reactors before it.
The table below shows the status of Japan's nuclear power plants.
The regional utilities are: Chubu Electric Power 9502.T , Chugoku Electric Power 9504.T , Hokkaido Electric Power 9509.T , Hokuriku Electric Power 9505.T , Kansai Electric Power 9503.T , Kyushu Electric Power 9508.T , Shikoku Electric Power 9507.T , Tohoku Electric Power 9506.T and Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) 9501.T .
They are referred to in the table by their regional names.
Japan Atomic Power Company (Japco), a nuclear energy company, owns two reactors.
Company Plant Uni MW Status
t
Hokkaid Tomari 1 579 Shutdown 22/4/11
o
Hokkaid Tomari 2 579 Shutdown 26/8/11
o
Hokkaid Tomari 3 912 Shutdown 5/5/12
o
Tohoku Onagawa 2 825 Online 5/12/24
Tohoku Onagawa 3 825 Shutdown 11/3/11
Tohoku Higashidori 1 1,100 Shutdown 6/2/11
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 1 1,100 Shutdown 6/8/11
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 2 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 3 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 4 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 5 1,100 Shutdown 25/1/12
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 6 1,356 Shutdown 26/3/12
a
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariw 7 1,356 Shutdown 23/8/11
a
Chubu Hamaoka 3 1,100 Shutdown 29/11/10
Chubu Hamaoka 4 1,137 Shutdown 13/5/11
Chubu Hamaoka 5 1,380 Shutdown 14/5/11
Hokurik Shika 1 540 Shutdown 1/3/11
u
Hokurik Shika 2 1,206 Shutdown 11/3/11
u
Kansai Mihama 3 826 Online 21/11/24
Kansai Takahama 1 826 Online 26/8/24
Kansai Takahama 2 826 Shutdown 6/11/24
Kansai Takahama 3 870 Online 22/12/23
Kansai Takahama 4 870 Online 23/4/24
Kansai Ohi 3 1,180 Online 5/4/24
Kansai Ohi 4 1,180 Shutdown 14/12/24
Chugoku Shimane 2 820
Online 22/12/24
Shikoku Ikata 3 890 Online 16/10/24
Kyushu Genkai 3 1,180 Online 31/1/24
Kyushu Genkai 4 1,180 Online 1/6/24
Kyushu Sendai 1 890 Online 27/8/24
Kyushu Sendai 2 890 Online 28/11/24
Japco Tokai Daini 1 1,100 Shutdown 11/3/11
Japco Tsuruga 2 1,160 Shutdown 7/5/11
Total 33,083
(Reporting by Yuka Obayashi; Editing by Varun H K)
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