Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant ( Japanese: 柏崎刈羽原子力発電所 ) is located in Kashiwazaki and Kariwa in Niigata Prefecture in central Japan, near the Sea of Japan.
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant is the largest nuclear power plant in the world, with an installed capacity of 7,965MW, but the plant has ceased service. Because of 2 major address accidents. The two earthquake accidents occurred in July 2007 and March 11, 2011 respectively.
Accidents
When the first earthquake accident occurred in 2007, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant ceased service. On August 26, 2009, Unit 6 restarted service, and on May 31, 2010, Unit 1 restarted service. On November 26, 2010, Unit 5 restarted power generation.
The second earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. All restarted units of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant were shut down. As of now (September 2020), the nuclear power plant is still closed.
Reactors
There are 7 reactors with a total installed capacity of 7,965MW, all of which are Boiling water reactors, of which No. 6 and No. 7 are advanced Generation III boiling water reactors.
Construction date
- KK–1 5/6/1980
- KK–2 18/11/1985
- KK–3 7/3/1989
- KK–4 5/3/1990
- KK–5 20/6/1985
- KK–6 3/11/1992
- KK–7 1/7/1993
Commission date
- KK–1 18/9/1985
- KK–2 28/9/1990
- KK–3 11/8/1993
- KK–4 11/8/1994
- KK–5 10/4/1990
- KK–6 7/11/1996
- KK–7 2/7/1997
Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant Data
- Country
- Japan
- Region
- East Asia
- Status
- Deactivate
- Official name
- 柏崎刈羽原子力発電所
- Location
- Kashiwazaki and Kariwa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan
- Owner(s)
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
- Operator(s)
- Tokyo Electric Power Company
- Began
- Jun-05, 1980
- Opened
- Sep-18, 1985
- Installed capacity
- 7965 MW
- Units operational
- 5 × 1,067 MW 2 × 1,315 MW
- Cooling source
- Sea of Japan
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