JAPC Delays Tokai Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Another Five Years

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Japan Nuclear Power Company (Tokyo, Japan) (JAPC) announced that it has moved the completion date for the decommissioning of the Tokai Power Plant (Tokai, Japan) from fiscal year 2020 to 2025.

According to a statement released on December 19, 2013, this is the second time that the completion date has been pushed back. The first was in July 2010. The decommissioning project has been on-going since 2001.

The delay is due to the preparation of the dismantlement discharge device, which is taking more time than expected. Change notifications were submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) on December 19, 2013.

JAPC has two operational sites: Tsuruga Power Station (Tsuruga, Fukui), with a total output of 1,517 megawatts (MW), and Tokai No. 2 Power Station (Tokai, Ibaraki), with an output of 1,100 MW.

The reactor for the Tokai power station is a graphite-moderated, carbon dioxide gas-cooled reactor (GCR). Most nuclear reactors use water, but this one uses carbon dioxide to cool the reactors.

JAPC was established in November 1957. It was the first company in Japan to use nuclear power commercially. Tokai Power Station was Japan's first commercial nuclear power station; it became operational in July 1966, and ceased operations on March 31, 1998. The output was 166 MW.

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