Chugoku Electric Power restarted Unit 2 of its Shimane nuclear power station in western Japan on 7 December, a delayed move that brings the number of operational nuclear units in the country to 14, with a combined capacity of more than 13,250 MW.
Shimane-2, the second boiling water reactor (BWR) unit to restart in Japan since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, was set to resume in August, but the restart was rescheduled due to essential safety upgrade work.
Shimane-2 is a 789-MW BWR unit of the same type as those that suffered meltdowns at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power station following the massive earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
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