Genkai Nuclear Power Plant

Genkai Nuclear Power Plant
Genkai Nuclear Power Plant (in the distance)
Country	Japan
Coordinates	33°30′56″N 129°50′14″E / 33.51556°N 129.83722°E / 33.51556; 129.83722
Status	Operational
Construction began	September 15, 1971 (1971-09-15)
Commission date	October 15, 1975 (1975-10-15)
Owner	Kyūshū Electric Power Company
Operator	Kyushu Electric Power Company
Nuclear power station
Reactor type	PWR
Cooling source	Korea Strait
Power generation
Units operational	1 x 559 MW 2 x 1180 MW
Units decommissioned	1 x 559 MW
Nameplate capacity	2,919 MW
Capacity factor	82.1%
Annual net output	21,000 GW·h
External links
Website	www1.kyuden.co.jp/genkai_index
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Genkai Nuclear Power Plant (玄海原子力発電所, Genkai genshiryoku hatsudensho, Genkai NPP) is located in the town of Genkai in the Higashimatsuura District in the Saga Prefecture in Japan. It is owned and operated by the Kyūshū Electric Power Company.

The reactors were all built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and are of the 2 and 4-loop M type pressurized water reactor.^[1] Unit 3 has been selected as a special Plutonium fuel test case.^{[clarification needed]} The plant is on a site with a total of 0.87 square kilometers.^[2] Saga does not lie on a fault line and receives the fewest earthquakes in Japan.^{[citation needed]}