Shikoku Electric Power Company has restarted Unit 3 at the Ikata nuclear power station in Ehime Prefecture, southwest Japan, bringing the number of commercial power reactors in operation in the country to eight out of a possible 33.
The 846-MW pressurised water reactor – which had been offline since December 2019 – is expected to begin supplying power on 6 December and to resume commercial operation on 4 January.
The recent shutdown until October 2022 of Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama-3 nuclear power plant in western Japan for scheduled maintenance had left only seven units in operation.
The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, a Tokyo-based nuclear industry group, confirmed that the eight plants in operation are Genkai-3, Genkai-4, Ikata-3, Ohi-3, Ohi-4, Sendai-2, Takahama-3 and Takahama-4.
The 846-MW pressurised water reactor – which had been offline since December 2019 – is expected to begin supplying power on 6 December and to resume commercial operation on 4 January.
The recent shutdown until October 2022 of Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama-3 nuclear power plant in western Japan for scheduled maintenance had left only seven units in operation.
The Japan Atomic Industrial Forum, a Tokyo-based nuclear industry group, confirmed that the eight plants in operation are Genkai-3, Genkai-4, Ikata-3, Ohi-3, Ohi-4, Sendai-2, Takahama-3 and Takahama-4.
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