Kashiwazaki Kariwa 2 shut down on 23 August 2011 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 ABWR
Owner Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.

Timeline

Construction Start Thursday, 1 July 1993
First Criticality Friday, 1 November 1996
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 17 December 1996
Commercial Operation Wednesday, 2 July 1997
Long-term Shutdown Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 1315 MWe
Capacity Gross 1356 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3926 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1315 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 (%)
1996 1315 257 58.34 - - - - -
1997 1315 6764 8127.93 100.00 100.00 100.00 99.80 99.80
1998 1315 7452 9715.61 85.10 84.70 89.80 84.30 89.50
1999 1315 6458 8445.43 73.70 73.70 83.40 73.30 83.00
2000 1315 8587 11240.18 97.80 97.60 87.40 97.30 87.10
2001 1315 7752 10078.37 88.50 87.80 87.50 87.50 87.20
2002 1315 6089 7989.96 69.50 69.00 84.10 69.40 84.00
2003 1315 4302 5778.49 49.10 49.20 78.80 50.20 78.80
2004 1315 8057 10805.16 91.70 91.60 80.50 93.50 80.70
2005 1315 6007 7977.49 68.60 68.00 79.00 69.20 79.40
2006 1315 6250 8166.24 71.40 69.50 78.00 70.90 78.50
2007 1315 4714 6358.57 53.80 53.80 75.70 55.20 76.30
2008 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 69.10 0.00 69.60
2009 1315 4338 5366.30 49.50 45.80 67.30 46.60 67.80
2010 1315 7041 9033.86 80.40 77.20 68.00 78.40 68.60
2011 1315 5616 7348.67 64.10 62.90 67.60 63.80 68.20
2012 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.30 0.00 63.80
2013 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 59.40 0.00 60.00
2014 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 56.00 0.00 56.60
2015 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 53.00 0.00 53.50
2016 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.30 0.00 50.80
2017 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.80 0.00 48.30
2018 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 45.60 0.00 46.00
2019 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 43.60 0.00 44.00
2020 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 41.70 0.00 42.10
2021 1315 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 40.00 0.00 40.40

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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