Tokai 2 shut down on 11 March 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 BWR-5
Owner Japan Atomic Power Co.
Operator Japan Atomic Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Wednesday, 3 October 1973
First Criticality Wednesday, 18 January 1978
First Grid Connection Monday, 13 March 1978
Commercial Operation Tuesday, 28 November 1978
Long-term Shutdown Friday, 11 March 2011

Specifications

Capacity Net 1060 MWe
Capacity Gross 1100 MWe
Thermal Capacity 3293 MWt
Design Net Capacity 1056 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 (%)
1978 - - - - - - - -
1979 1056 5481 5209.50 62.60 56.30 56.30 56.30 56.30
1980 1056 6597 6743.20 75.10 72.60 64.50 72.70 64.50
1981 1056 6037 6059.10 68.90 65.30 64.80 65.50 64.80
1982 1056 5338 5571.60 60.90 59.60 63.50 60.20 63.70
1983 1056 6327 6556.64 72.20 70.40 64.90 70.90 65.10
1984 1056 8240 8695.17 93.80 93.50 69.60 93.70 69.90
1985 1056 6625 6957.48 75.60 75.00 70.40 75.20 70.70
1986 1056 5508 5797.62 62.90 62.50 69.40 62.70 69.70
1987 1056 6776 7040.45 77.40 76.50 70.20 76.10 70.40
1988 1056 5872 6088.38 66.80 66.00 69.80 65.60 69.90
1989 1056 8006 8434.97 91.40 91.20 71.70 91.20 71.80
1990 1056 6948 7291.60 79.30 78.90 72.30 78.80 72.40
1991 1056 6716 7025.25 76.70 76.10 72.60 75.90 72.70
1992 1080 5990 6307.75 68.20 68.50 72.30 66.50 72.20
1993 1080 8252 8707.18 94.20 93.80 73.80 92.00 73.60
1994 1056 6938 7325.77 79.20 78.80 74.10 79.20 73.90
1995 1056 6488 6845.05 74.10 73.70 74.10 74.00 73.90
1996 1056 7169 7562.05 81.60 80.80 74.40 81.50 74.40
1997 1056 8404 8884.54 95.90 95.60 75.50 96.00 75.50
1998 1056 6642 6999.42 75.80 75.00 75.50 75.70 75.50
1999 1056 2228 2316.08 25.40 25.00 73.10 25.00 73.10
2000 1056 6626 7031.57 75.40 75.40 73.20 75.80 73.20
2001 1056 5641 5833.18 64.40 62.70 72.80 63.10 72.80
2002 1056 6061 6420.06 69.20 68.90 72.60 69.40 72.60
2003 1056 8635 9176.55 98.60 98.50 73.60 99.20 73.70
2004 1060 6723 7195.36 76.50 76.30 73.70 77.30 73.80
2005 1060 4914 5259.48 56.10 55.80 73.10 56.60 73.20
2006 1060 7704 8186.87 88.00 87.30 73.60 88.20 73.70
2007 1060 7048 7518.75 80.50 80.00 73.80 81.00 74.00
2008 1060 6132 6545.88 69.80 68.80 73.60 70.30 73.90
2009 1060 5169 5587.41 59.00 58.70 73.20 60.20 73.40
2010 1060 4763 5137.03 54.40 53.90 72.60 55.30 72.90
2011 1060 1670 1819.07 19.10 19.10 70.90 19.60 71.20
2012 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 68.80 0.00 69.10
2013 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 66.90 0.00 67.20
2014 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 65.00 0.00 65.30
2015 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 63.20 0.00 63.50
2016 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 61.60 0.00 61.80
2017 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 60.00 0.00 60.30
2018 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 58.50 0.00 58.80
2019 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 57.10 0.00 57.30
2020 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 55.70 0.00 56.00
2021 1060 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 54.40 0.00 54.60

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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Nuclear Power in Japan

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