Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant
| Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant | |
|---|---|
Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant (circa 1960s) | |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°27′59″N 140°36′24″E / 36.46639°N 140.60667°E |
| Status | Out of service for 14 years, 3 months |
| Construction began | March 1, 1961 |
| Commission date | July 25, 1966 |
| Operator | Japan Atomic Power Company |
| Nuclear power station | |
| Reactor type | GCR Magnox, BWR |
| Reactor supplier | GE Hitachi Shimizu, Fuji Electric GEC |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 1100 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 1 × 166 MW |
| Nameplate capacity | 1100 MW |
| Capacity factor | 0% |
| Annual net output | 0 GW·h |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
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The Tōkai Nuclear Power Plant (東海発電所, Tōkai hatsuden-sho, Tōkai NPP) was Japan's first commercial nuclear power plant. The first unit was built in the early 1960s to the British Magnox design, and generated power from 1966 until it was decommissioned in 1998.
A second unit, nominally a separate power station called Tōkai No.2 Power Station (東海第二発電所, Tōkai daini hatsuden-sho), was built at the site in the 1970s, the first in Japan to produce over 1000 MW of electricity. The site is located in Tokai in the Naka District in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan and is operated by the Japan Atomic Power Company. The total site area amounts to 0.76 km2 (188 acres) with 0.33 km2, or 43% of it, being green area that the company is working to preserve.
The plant has been not operational since the reactor shut down automatically due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.