Takahama 2

Operable

Takahama 2 shut down on 25 November 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	Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model	M (3-loop)
Owner	Kansai Electric Power Co.
Operator	Kansai Electric Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start	Tuesday, 9 March 1971
First Criticality	Friday, 20 December 1974
First Grid Connection	Friday, 17 January 1975
Commercial Operation	Friday, 14 November 1975
Long-term Shutdown	Friday, 25 November 2011
Restart	Wednesday, 20 September 2023

Specifications

Capacity Net	780 MWe
Capacity Gross	826 MWe
Thermal Capacity	2440 MWt
Design Net Capacity	780 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 (%)
1975	780	5532	3168.50	100.00	99.60	99.60	100.40	100.40
1976	780	6214	3728.80	70.70	54.20	60.60	54.40	61.00
1977	780	6429	4742.00	73.40	69.40	64.70	69.40	64.90
1978	780	5751	4170.30	65.60	61.00	63.50	61.00	63.70
1979	780	1826	1281.00	20.80	18.80	52.80	18.80	52.90
1980	780	7450	5751.10	84.80	83.70	58.80	83.90	58.90
1981	780	6198	4763.20	70.80	69.60	60.50	69.70	60.70
1982	780	5407	4133.90	61.70	60.30	60.50	60.50	60.60
1983	780	4645	3549.40	53.00	51.70	59.40	52.00	59.60
1984	780	5746	4503.14	65.40	65.40	60.10	65.70	60.20
1985	780	6466	4967.39	73.80	72.40	61.30	72.70	61.50
1986	780	5183	3997.83	59.20	58.40	61.00	58.50	61.20
1987	780	6154	4621.76	70.20	67.30	61.50	67.60	61.70
1988	780	4001	3071.35	45.60	45.60	60.30	44.80	60.40
1989	780	5213	3991.50	59.50	59.50	60.30	58.40	60.30
1990	780	2218	1727.90	25.30	20.80	57.70	25.30	58.00
1991	780	3054	2265.80	34.90	32.20	56.10	33.20	56.50
1992	780	6226	4873.75	70.90	70.80	57.00	71.10	57.30
1993	780	7426	5757.04	84.80	84.00	58.40	84.30	58.80
1994	780	4299	3357.26	49.10	49.30	58.00	49.10	58.30
1995	780	5906	4458.67	67.40	65.10	58.30	65.20	58.60
1996	780	8629	6709.05	98.20	97.30	60.20	97.90	60.50
1997	780	6306	4981.24	72.00	72.50	60.70	72.90	61.10
1998	780	7657	5972.92	87.40	87.00	61.80	87.40	62.20
1999	780	7717	5989.80	88.10	87.20	62.90	87.70	63.20
2000	780	8784	6849.93	100.00	99.50	64.40	100.00	64.70
2001	780	7572	5900.97	86.40	86.00	65.20	86.40	65.50
2002	780	7626	6097.67	87.00	87.00	66.00	89.20	66.40
2003	780	6717	5470.78	76.70	76.40	66.40	80.10	66.90
2004	780	7839	6346.62	89.20	88.90	67.10	92.60	67.80
2005	780	7625	6249.51	87.00	86.70	67.80	91.50	68.60
2006	780	6890	5653.43	78.60	78.30	68.10	82.70	69.00
2007	780	5483	4521.77	62.60	62.50	67.90	66.20	68.90
2008	780	4949	4042.50	56.30	56.00	67.60	59.00	68.60
2009	780	6978	5720.06	79.70	79.30	67.90	83.70	69.10
2010	780	6017	4935.20	68.70	68.30	67.90	72.20	69.20
2011	780	7895	6502.50	98.50	98.40	68.70	104.00	70.00
2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	780	2457	1987.78	100.00	100.00	68.90	105.20	70.30