Ōi Nuclear Power Plant
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The Ōi Nuclear Power Plant (大飯発電所, Ōi hatsudensho, Ōi power plant), also known as Oi or Ohi, is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Ōi, Fukui Prefecture, managed by the Kansai Electric Power Company. The site is 1.88 square kilometers (460 acres).[1] Ōi Units 3 and 4 were taken offline in September 2013. In December 2017 Kansai Electric Power announced that it will decommission reactors no. 1 and 2 because of their age and the difficulty of making safety upgrades within their small containment vessels.[2] Unit 3 was restarted on 14 March 2018, and unit 4 was restarted on 9 May 2018.[3]
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Ōi Nuclear Power Plant | |
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Country | Japan |
Location | Ōi, Fukui Prefecture |
Coordinates | 35°32′26.25″N 135°39′7.32″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | Unit 1: 26 October 1972 Unit 2: 8 December 1972 Unit 3: 3 October 1987 Unit 4: 13 June 1988 |
Commission date | Unit 1: 27 March 1979 Unit 2: 5 December 1979 Unit 3: 18 December 1991 Unit 4: 2 February 1993 |
Owner(s) | Kansai Electric Power Company |
Operator(s) | Kansai Electric Power Company |
Nuclear power station | |
Reactor type | PWR |
Reactor supplier | Units 1–2: Westinghouse Units 3–4: MHI |
Cooling source | Sea of Japan |
Cogeneration? | Yes (desalination) |
Thermal capacity | 2 × 3423 MWth |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 2 × 1127 MW |
Make and model | Units 1–2: WH 4-loop Units 3–4: M (4-loop) |
Units decommissioned | 2 × 1120 MW |
Nameplate capacity | 2254 MW |
Capacity factor | 0% |
Annual net output | 0 GW·h |
External links | |
Website | www |
Commons | Related media on Commons |
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