Tokyo (Platts)--11Jan2012/519 am EST/1019 GMT
Japan's combined nuclear generation capacity is to fall to 5.058 GW over five nuclear reactors from Friday as Shikoku Electric is scheduled to shut the 566 MW No 2 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan that day, Platts calculations showed Tuesday. The 5.058 GW represents 10.3% of the country's total installed nuclear capacity of 48.96 GW over 54 reactors, according to Platts calculations. Following the shutdown, Shikoku Electric will lose total output from its installed nuclear capacity of 2.022 GW across three units. Nuclear capacity represents 21% of Japan's total installed power generation capacity of 228.479 GW. Japan is currently in the middle of its winter power demand season, which typically runs over December-March. Weather and nuclear utilization rates have a direct impact on crude, fuel oil and LNG consumption for thermal power generation in Japan. Article continues below... Request a free trial of: Nucleonics Week Since 1960, Platts Nucleonics Week has been the leading source of global news for the commercial nuclear power business. Nucleonics Week delivers analysis with a depth and sophistication simply unavailable anywhere else.
Japan's combined nuclear generation capacity is to fall to 5.058 GW over five nuclear reactors from Friday as Shikoku Electric is scheduled to shut the 566 MW No 2 reactor at its Ikata nuclear power plant in western Japan that day, Platts calculations showed Tuesday. The 5.058 GW represents 10.3% of the country's total installed nuclear capacity of 48.96 GW over 54 reactors, according to Platts calculations. Following the shutdown, Shikoku Electric will lose total output from its installed nuclear capacity of 2.022 GW across three units. Nuclear capacity represents 21% of Japan's total installed power generation capacity of 228.479 GW. Japan is currently in the middle of its winter power demand season, which typically runs over December-March. Weather and nuclear utilization rates have a direct impact on crude, fuel oil and LNG consumption for thermal power generation in Japan.
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None of the shut nuclear plants are expected to be allowed to restart soon in view of the stress test conditions imposed by the government in July last year. In that case, Japan could see all its nuclear power output shut by May 2012 because regulations require nuclear power plants to carry out scheduled maintenance at least once every 13 months.--Takeo Kumagai, takeo_kumagai@platts.com
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