30 Aug (NucNet): Unit-4 of the Takahama nuclear power station in Japan will be restarted on 31 August 2018 following a periodic inspection that lasted almost four months, owner and operator Kansai Electric Power Company said.
Kansai Electric said the 830-MW pressurised water reactor unit is likely to reach criticality on 1 September 2018.
The inspection included checks on major plant components including the reactor units itself, the control systems, the cooling system, emergency power systems and the steam turbine and auxiliary equipment. Inspections will also be carried out of the handling and storage of spent nuclear fuel.
Takahama-4, in Fukui Prefecture, southwest Japan, began commercial operation in June 1985.
All of Japan’s 48 reactors were shut between for safety assessments and upgrading measures following the March 20011 Fukushima-Daiichi accident.
Takahama-4 is one of eight units that returned to commercial operation since the Fukushima accident. The others are Ohi-3, Ohi-4, Genkai-3, Sendai-1, Sendai-2, Ikata-3 and Takahama-3.
