Higashidori NPP

Higashidori NPP ( я 通 原子 力 発 電 所 ) is a nuclear power plant in Japan .

Higashidori NPP
Japanese 東 通 原子 力 発 電 所
A country	Japan
Location	Higashidori , Aomori
Year of commencement of construction	2000
Commissioning	2005
Operating organization	Tohoku electric power
Main characteristics
Electric power, MW	1,100 MW
Equipment specifications
Number of power units	2
Power units under construction	one
Type of Reactors	Bwr
Operated Reactors	one
Site
On the map

The station is located in the north of the Japanese island of Honshu on the Pacific coast near the village of the same name in Aomori Prefecture .

Higashidori NPP is Japan's newest nuclear power plant. Its construction began in 2000, and the commissioning of the first power unit took place in 2005. The first power unit with a capacity of 1,100 MW of the BWR type remained the only completed of the four planned. The second through fourth reactors were supposed to be of type ABWR with a capacity of 1,385 MW. The reactors of all four power units were developed by Toshiba . Thus, instead of 1,100 MW, the capacity of the Higashidori NPP could amount to 5,255 MW ^[1] .

The earthquake that occurred on April 7, 2011 and the ensuing tsunami led to the loss of external power and a switch to standby power to cool the fuel rods.

On December 20, 2012, a report was released that revealed the presence of active geological faults under the territory of Higashidori NPP, which violates the laws of Japan. It is surprising that the company was able to obtain permission to build a nuclear power plant in 1996 with the wording - there are no active faults in the area of ​​5 kilometers from the territory of the planned nuclear power plant.

However, in June 2014, the plant owners submitted a request to the country's Atomic Energy Control Committee to restart the first Higashidori nuclear power plant reactor. Work was done to strengthen the pipelines in order to increase the seismic stability of the station. It is also planned to build a remote emergency control center ^[2] .