TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Kansai Electric Power 9503.T
shut the 1,180 megawatt (MW) No. 4 reactor at its Ohi nuclear
power plant in western Japan on Saturday for scheduled
maintenance and refuelling, a company spokesperson said.
The utility plans to restart the reactor in mid-February, a
spokesperson said on Monday.
Meanwhile, Chugoku Electric Power 9504.T temporarily
halted operations of the 820 MW No.2 reactor at its Shimane
nuclear power station in western Japan after restarting it on
Dec. 7 for the first time in about 13 years, a company
spokesperson said.
The company plans to restart the unit on Dec. 23 after
completing safety inspections of facilities and equipment, the
spokesperson said.
As of Monday, Japan has 11 operating reactors with a total
capacity of 10,427 MW.
Many companies are still going through a re-licensing
process to comply with stricter safety standards imposed after
the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The companies 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 Unit MW Status
Hokkaido Tomari 1 579 Shutdown 22/4/11
Hokkaido Tomari 2 579 Shutdown 26/8/11
Hokkaido Tomari 3 912 Shutdown 5/5/12
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-Kariwa 1 1,100 Shutdown 6/8/11
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 2 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 3 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 4 1,100 Shutdown 16/7/07
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 5 1,100 Shutdown 25/1/12
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 6 1,356 Shutdown 26/3/12
Tepco Kashiwazaki-Kariwa 7 1,356 Shutdown 23/8/11
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
Hokuriku Shika 1 540 Shutdown 1/3/11
Hokuriku Shika 2 1,206 Shutdown 11/3/11
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
Shutdown 15/12/24
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 Eileen Soreng)
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