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🇯🇵 Shika

Name: Shika
Address: Japan

Nuclear power plant · Japan

Suspended

Capacity≈1,809 MW

Units2

First Online1993

Construction Start1989

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates37.061, 136.728

Shika is a nuclear power station in Japan. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 in suspended operation. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,809 MW. Units in suspended operation are not permanently shut down: they remain licensed and can return to service. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1993. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Shika

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Shika-1	Suspended	BWR BWR-5	505 MW	Construction 1989 · Grid 1993
Shika-2	Suspended	BWR ABWR	1,304 MW	Construction 2001 · Grid 2006

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