Kashiwazaki Kariwa 3 shut down on19 September 2007 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 BWR-5
Owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Tuesday, 7 March 1989
First Criticality Monday, 19 October 1992
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 8 December 1992
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 11 August 1993
Long-term Shutdown Wednesday, 19 September 2007

Specifications

Capacity Net 1067 MWe
Capacity Gross 1100 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3293 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1067 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 (%)
1992 1067 367 53.03 - - - - -
1993 1067 6755 6488.42 100.00 100.00 100.00 98.90 98.90
1994 1067 6961 7264.43 79.50 78.90 85.10 77.70 84.00
1995 1067 8760 9253.86 100.00 100.00 91.30 99.00 90.20
1996 1067 7508 7921.58 85.50 85.50 89.60 84.50 88.50
1997 1067 7601 8016.22 86.80 86.80 88.90 85.80 87.90
1998 1067 6467 6748.02 73.80 73.10 86.00 72.20 85.00
1999 1067 8568 9028.26 97.80 97.70 87.80 96.60 86.80
2000 1067 7539 7945.09 85.80 85.80 87.60 84.80 86.50
2001 1067 6639 6985.69 75.80 75.80 86.20 74.70 85.10
2002 1067 5300 5575.54 60.50 60.40 83.40 59.60 82.40
2003 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.40 0.00 74.50
2004 1067 6093 6549.98 69.40 69.90 74.90 69.90 74.10
2005 1067 5772 6061.72 65.90 64.90 74.10 64.80 73.40
2006 1067 6924 7331.42 79.00 78.30 74.40 78.40 73.80
2007 1067 4714 5054.10 53.80 53.70 73.00 54.10 72.40
2008 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.30 0.00 67.70
2009 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 64.10 0.00 63.60
2010 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.40 0.00 59.90
2011 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.20 0.00 56.70
2012 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.20 0.00 53.70
2013 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 51.60 0.00 51.10
2014 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 49.20 0.00 48.70
2015 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.00 0.00 46.60
2016 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.00 0.00 44.60
2017 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 43.10 0.00 42.70
2018 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.40 0.00 41.10
2019 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 39.80 0.00 39.50
2020 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.40 0.00 38.10
2021 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 37.00 0.00 36.70

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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