Nuclear Reactor Maps: Tsuruga
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Tsuruga Plant on Wakasa Bay in Fukui
Prefecture
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Japan Atomic Power (JAPCO)
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The city of
Tsuruga, a port
town which thrived long ago as Japan's main gateway, is surrounded by the
scenic coastal panorama of Wakasa Bay in Fukui Prefecture. |
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Japan Atomic Power began
commercial operations here in 1970 when Unit Number One went into service.
The second unit came on line in 1987. Electricity produced at the
facility is supplied for industrial, commercial and residential use through
regional utilities such as Kansai, Chubu and Hokuriku Electric Power Companies,
thus helping to supply electric power in Japan.
The first unit of the Tsuruga
Power Station went under construction in April 1966 as the Japan's prototype
LWR nuclear power station for commercial use. Completed in a record
time of 48 months, the plant entered commercial service in March 1970.
Later, efforts focused on environmental protection, one such being the
installation of a new waste treatment system.
| Electric output |
357 MWe |
| Reactor type |
Boiling water (BWR) |
| Fuel |
Low enriched uranium (about
52 t) |
| Receiving Utilities |
Kansai Electric Power Co.
Chubu Electric Power Co.
Hokuriku Electric Power
Co. |
| Tsuruga Power Station Unit
1
1. Reactor building
2. Turbine building
3. Electrical switchyard
4. Waste disposal building
5. Solid waste storage
Tsuruga Power Station Unit
2
6. Reactor building
7. Service building
8. Turbine building
9. Electrical switchyard
10. Main office building
11. Gate house
12. Unit 1 discharge canal
13. Tsuruga PR Pavilion
14. Inogaike Pond |
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