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🇯🇵 Tsuruga

Name: Tsuruga
Address: Japan

Nuclear power plant · Japan

Suspended

Capacity≈1,456 MW

Units2

First Online1970

Construction Start1966

Reactor TypeBWR, PWR

Coordinates35.672, 136.079

Tsuruga is a nuclear power station in Japan. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 1 in suspended operation, 1 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,456 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 1970. Reactor technology on site: BWR, PWR.

Reactor units at Tsuruga

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Tsuruga-1	Shut Down	BWR BWR-2	341 MW	Construction 1966 · Grid 1970 · Shutdown 2015
Tsuruga-2	Suspended	PWR M (4-loop)	1,115 MW	Construction 1982 · Grid 1987

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