Mihama Nuclear Power Plant
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The nuclear power plant in Mihama (Japanese美 浜 発 电 所, Mihama hatsudensho ) is a nuclear power plant in Japan. It is located west of the town of Mihama in Fukui Prefecture. The power plant has three blocks, the oldest in operation since 1970.
The operator is the electric utility Kansai Denryoku. The services of the blocks be 340 MW, 500 MW and 826 MW.
Incidents
1974 had to be shut down due to leaks 1 to the steam generator tubes block. It turned out to be a problem of primary water. The plant was rebuilt and the sodium phosphate was replaced by hydrazine. On April 19, 1980, the block was returned to service.
After two minor incidents in Block 2 in the years 1991 and 2003 there were on 9 August 2004 at 15:30 local time clock to a fatal accident involving four victims among employees. According to police, the workers were hit by a 270 degree hot steam jet. Another seven people were injured. The accident was due to a leak in the turbine hall.
An investigation revealed serious security flaws. Thus, the tube had not been checked since commissioning. As a result of the accident had on 25 March 2005 Yosaku Fuji (藤 洋 作, Fuji Yosaku ) to resign as president of Kansai Denryoku.
History
In March 2011, it came after a strong earthquake and a tsunami on the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Since then, the Japanese save massive power to precaution - one fears quakes or aftershocks - to switch off as many nuclear reactors.
Mihama Unit 1 began on 24 November 2010 with a scheduled maintenance; Block 3 on May 14, 2011. Both ( Release 26 August 2011) have since no longer turned on.
Data of the reactor units
The Mihama nuclear power plant has a total of three blocks: