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🇯🇵 Fukushima Daiichi

Name: Fukushima Daiichi
Address: Japan

Nuclear power plant · Japan

Shut Down

Capacity≈4,546 MW

Units6

First Online1971

Construction Start1967

Shut Down2013

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates37.423, 141.032

Fukushima Daiichi is a nuclear power station in Japan. Of its 6 recorded unit(s), 6 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 4,546 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1971. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Fukushima Daiichi

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Fukushima Daiichi-1	Shut Down	BWR BWR-3	439 MW	Construction 1967 · Grid 1971 · Shutdown 2011
Fukushima Daiichi-2	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4	760 MW	Construction 1969 · Grid 1974 · Shutdown 2011
Fukushima Daiichi-3	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4	760 MW	Construction 1970 · Grid 1976 · Shutdown 2011
Fukushima Daiichi-4	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4	760 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 2011
Fukushima Daiichi-5	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4	760 MW	Construction 1972 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 2013
Fukushima Daiichi-6	Shut Down	BWR BWR-5	1,067 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1979 · Shutdown 2013

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