Kashiwazaki Kariwa 4 shut down on 11 February 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 Monday, 5 March 1990
First Criticality Monday, 1 November 1993
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 21 December 1993
Commercial Operation Thursday, 11 August 1994
Long-term Shutdown Monday, 11 February 2008

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 (%)
1993 1067 74 11.60 - - - - -
1994 1067 6638 6040.10 100.00 99.80 99.80 98.80 98.80
1995 1067 5889 6182.46 67.20 67.00 76.70 66.10 75.80
1996 1067 7651 8067.98 87.10 87.00 81.00 86.10 80.00
1997 1067 7207 7516.71 82.30 81.50 81.10 80.40 80.20
1998 1067 8760 9258.69 100.00 100.00 85.40 99.10 84.40
1999 1067 7719 8141.74 88.10 88.10 85.90 87.10 84.90
2000 1067 6602 6918.93 75.20 75.10 84.20 73.80 83.20
2001 1067 5343 5591.43 61.00 60.60 81.00 59.80 80.00
2002 1067 8760 9239.86 100.00 99.90 83.30 98.80 82.30
2003 1067 3946 4185.83 45.00 45.00 79.20 44.80 78.30
2004 1067 5258 5623.72 59.90 59.90 77.40 60.00 76.50
2005 1067 6755 7192.00 77.10 76.80 77.30 77.00 76.60
2006 1067 2772 2816.50 31.60 30.40 73.50 30.10 72.80
2007 1067 4714 5061.67 53.80 53.80 72.10 54.20 71.40
2008 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.00 0.00 66.50
2009 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 62.70 0.00 62.20
2010 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.90 0.00 58.40
2011 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.50 0.00 55.00
2012 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.50 0.00 52.00
2013 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 49.80 0.00 49.40
2014 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.40 0.00 47.00
2015 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.10 0.00 44.80
2016 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 43.10 0.00 42.80
2017 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.30 0.00 40.90
2018 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 39.60 0.00 39.30
2019 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 38.00 0.00 37.70
2020 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 36.60 0.00 36.30
2021 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 35.30 0.00 35.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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