Mihama Nuclear Power Plant

Mihama Nuclear Power Plant
Mihama Nuclear Power Plant
	Mihama Nuclear Power Plant
Country	Japan
Location	Mihama, Fukui Prefecture
Coordinates	35°42′12.51″N 135°57′48.88″E / 35.7034750°N 135.9635778°E
Status	Out of service
Construction began	1 February 1967
Commission date	28 November 1970
Operator(s)	The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc.
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	Nyunoura bay,; Sea of Japan
Power generation
Units operational	1 x 780 MW
Units decommissioned	1 x 320 MW; 1 x 470 MW
Nameplate capacity	780 MW
Capacity factor	0%
Annual net output	0 GW·h
External links
Website	www.kepco.co.jp/wakasa/mihama/mihama.html
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Mihama Nuclear Power Plant (美浜発電所, Mihama hatsudensho, Mihama NPP) is operated by The Kansai Electric Power Company, Inc. and is in the town of Mihama, Fukui Prefecture, about 320 km west of Tokyo.^[1] It is on a site that is 520,000 m² of which 60% is green space.^[2] Mihama - 1 was commissioned in 1970.^[3]

^ "Four killed in nuclear plant accident - World - www.theage.com.au". 10 August 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
^ Kepco (Japanese). Mihama Overview.
^ "A Japanese 'first' on nuclear power, Mihama (1970) - on Newspapers.com". The Kane Republican. 30 November 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

[theage.com.au-1] "Four killed in nuclear plant accident - World - www.theage.com.au". 10 August 2004. Retrieved 7 February 2017.

[2] Kepco (Japanese). Mihama Overview.

[3] "A Japanese 'first' on nuclear power, Mihama (1970) - on Newspapers.com". The Kane Republican. 30 November 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 9 August 2015.

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