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Japan nuclear capacity to fall as Chubu scraps units | Reuters

Japan nuclear capacity to fall as Chubu scraps units

TOKYO, Jan 27 (Reuters) – Japan’s nuclear power generation capacity will fall by 1,380 megawatts, or 2.8 percent, to 47,935 megawatts from Friday, a government official said, reflecting a utility’s move to scrap two nuclear reactors and replace them with a new one.

Chubu Electric Power Co (9502.T), Japan’s third-biggest utility, said in December it would decommission its 540-megawatt No.1 and 840-megawatt No.2 generators at its sole Hamaoka nuclear plant, and build a new No.6 reactor to replace them. [ID:nT303675]

The move reduced the number of nuclear power generators for commercial use in Japan, which has the world’s third-biggest nuclear generation capacity after the United States and France, to 53 from 55.

Japan nuclear capacity to fall as Chubu scraps units | Reuters

January 28, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs