Kashiwazaki Kariwa 5 shut down on 25 January 2012 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 Thursday, 20 June 1985
First Criticality Thursday, 20 July 1989
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 12 September 1989
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 10 April 1990
Long-term Shutdown Wednesday, 25 January 2012

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 (%)
1989 1067 1850 1041.49 - - - - -
1990 1067 7597 7910.63 100.00 100.00 100.00 98.70 98.70
1991 1067 6789 7093.33 77.50 76.70 86.70 75.90 85.70
1992 1067 6715 6977.48 76.40 75.50 82.60 74.40 81.60
1993 1067 8760 9238.24 100.00 99.90 87.20 98.80 86.20
1994 1067 6825 7154.70 77.90 77.50 85.20 76.60 84.20
1995 1067 7183 7508.33 82.00 81.50 84.50 80.30 83.50
1996 1067 7524 7905.83 85.70 85.60 84.70 84.40 83.60
1997 1067 8472 8919.12 96.70 96.60 86.20 95.40 85.20
1998 1067 6995 7352.55 79.80 79.60 85.50 78.70 84.40
1999 1067 7383 7771.81 84.30 84.30 85.40 83.20 84.30
2000 1067 6712 7042.75 76.40 76.30 84.50 75.10 83.40
2001 1067 8760 9198.56 100.00 99.60 85.80 98.40 84.70
2002 1067 7743 8191.05 88.40 88.30 86.00 87.60 84.90
2003 1067 1392 1503.10 15.90 16.10 80.90 16.10 79.90
2004 1067 5738 6134.80 65.30 65.30 79.80 65.50 78.90
2005 1067 6446 6852.88 73.60 73.00 79.40 73.30 78.60
2006 1067 7848 8400.48 89.60 89.40 80.00 89.90 79.30
2007 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.50 0.00 74.80
2008 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 71.50 0.00 70.80
2009 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 67.90 0.00 67.20
2010 1067 888 780.14 10.10 8.60 65.00 8.40 64.40
2011 1067 8760 9402.07 100.00 100.00 66.60 100.60 66.00
2012 1067 576 589.21 6.60 6.40 64.00 6.30 63.40
2013 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.30 0.00 60.80
2014 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.80 0.00 58.30
2015 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56.50 0.00 56.00
2016 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.40 0.00 53.90
2017 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 52.40 0.00 52.00
2018 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.60 0.00 50.20
2019 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 48.90 0.00 48.50
2020 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.30 0.00 46.90
2021 1067 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.80 0.00 45.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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