Both of those figures represent the highest levels since 2015, when new regulatory standards for reactors came into effect.<\/p>\n
Following the giant earthquake of March 11, 2011 (known officially as the Great East Japan Earthquake) and the issuance of new regulatory standards, the only kind of NPPs to meet them\u2014and thus initially restarted\u2014were pressurized water reactors (PWRs).<\/p>\n
However, two boiling water reactors (BWRs) were also restarted last year (2024), bringing the total number of restarted units nationwide to 14, representing a generating capacity of 13.25GW.<\/p>\n
The two BWRs were Onagawa-2, owned and operated by the Tohoku Electric Power Co., and Shimane-2 (December), owned and operated by the Chugoku Electric Power Co. Both reactors\u2014restarted in November and December 2024, respectively\u2014have since been returned to commercial service.<\/p>\n
Also of note in 2024 was the fact that Takahama-1, owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Co., marked a half century of operation.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Takahama-3, the only NPP in full operation domestically throughout 2024, recorded the highest capacity factor of all reactors nationwide: 105.8%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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