TOKYO : Japan's Kansai Electric Power Co Inc has shut the No. 4 reactor at its Ohi nuclear power plant in western Japan for maintenance and refuelling, a spokesperson said on Friday.
The utility shut the 1,180 megawatt reactor on March 11 and plans to restart it in early July, the spokesperson said.Many reactors are still going through a relicensing process under safety standards imposed after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Nine regional power utilities and a wholesaler, Japan Atomic Power Co , now have 33 reactors available for commercial use, with combined generating capacity of 33,083 MW.The table below shows the status of Japan's nuclear power plants.
The regional utilities are: Chubu Electric Power, Chugoku Electric Power, Hokkaido Electric Power, Hokuriku Electric Power, Kansai Electric Power, Kyushu Electric Power, Shikoku Electric Power, Tohoku Electric Power and Tokyo Electric Power. They are referred to in the table by their regional name.
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