Shimane-2 unit has been restarted in Japan

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AtomInfo.Ru, PUBLISHED 10.12.2024

Unit No. 2 of the Shimane NPP (Japan) was restarted on December 7, 2024, becoming the 14th Japanese nuclear power unit returned to operation after a forced pause after the Fukushima accident.

A BWR-5 boiling water reactor is installed on the unit. Thus, the unit became the second unit with a boiling water reactor to return to service in Japan. Earlier this year, the Onagawa-2 unit returned to operation.

The electric capacity of the Shimane-2 unit is 820 MWe gross, or 789 MWe net.

Topics: Commissioning, Asia, Japan

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