In march 2011 japan s fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant was devastated by three reactor explosions and three core meltdowns in the days following a 9 0 earthquake and a tsunami that produced. However the company has yet to announce an official decision on the fate of the plant close to the damaged fukushima daiichi plant. The four reactors at the fukushima daini nuclear power plant in japan are likely to be decommissioned the president of tokyo electric power company holding inc tepco today told the governor of fukushima prefecture.
It appears that no serious damage was done to the reactors by the earthquake and the operating units 1 3 were automatically shut down in response to it as designed. See also background on earthquakes and seismic protection for nuclear power plants in japan events at fukushima daiichi 1 3 4. In july 2019 tokyo electric power company made the decision to decommission the second of its fukushima nuclear power plants bringing a formal end to the nuclear power era in the prefecture.
Tokyo electric power company has announced plans to decommission its fukushima daini nuclear plant located a few kilometres south of the fukushima daiichi plant where three reactors melted down. Masao uchibori said tuesday his prefecture will accept tokyo electric power company holdings inc s recent decision to scrap the fukushima daini nuclear complex near the daiichi plant crippled by the march 2011 disaster. Accepts tepco decision to scrap daini nuclear plant kyodo news jul 30 2019 23 02 all japan fukushima gov.
In january 2020 media outlets reported that 2 units of the takahama nuclear power plant which with difficulty came online in 2017 would be shut down temporarily in order. For instance during the games repair work on the kashiwazaki kariwa nuclear power plant and on dismantling fukushima daiichi unit and fukushima daini npps will be halted. However their spent fuel pools still required cooling.
At the time of the tōhoku earthquake on 11 march 2011 reactors 4 5 and 6 were shut down in preparation for re fueling. The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant comprised six separate boiling water reactors originally designed by general electric ge and maintained by the tokyo electric power company tepco. The fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant 福島第一原子力発電所 fukushima daiichi genshiryoku hatsudensho is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a 3 5 square kilometre 860 acre site in the towns of ōkuma and futaba in fukushima prefecture japan the plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9 0 earthquake and tsunami that hit japan on march 11 2011.
The fukushima daini nuclear power plant 福島第二原子力発電所 fukushima daini pronunciation genshiryoku hatsudensho fukushima ii npp 2f is a nuclear power plant located on a 150 ha 370 acre site in the town of naraha and tomioka in the futaba district of fukushima prefecture japan the tokyo electric power company tepco runs the plant.
