Japan · 37.061, 136.726Shika
Shika, nuclear power plant in Japan, has 2 boiling water reactors with 1,613 MW net installed capacity, with operation suspended.
Unit Shika 1 has been operating for 33 years, since 1993. Its 1,613 MW net are enough to supply about 5,080,000 households.
- Country
- Japan
- Units
- 2
- Technology
- BWR
- Net capacity
- 1,613 MWe
- First grid connection
- 1993
- Operator
- Hokuriku Electric Power
- Owner
- Hokuriku Electric Power Co
- Status
- Operation suspended
See also: alerts for this plant · every plant in Japan · Vendor: Hitachi · every BWR reactor · how a BWR works
Operating capacity
1,613 MWe
net electrical
Units
2
0 operating · 2 suspended
First start-up
1993
Units
| Unit | Type | Model | Status | MWe | MWt | Construction start | Grid connection | Closure | Load factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shika 1 | Boiling water (BWR) | BWR-5 | Offline, no restart pending | 505 | 1,593 | Jul 1989 | Jan 1993 | — | — |
| Shika 2 | Boiling water (BWR) | ABWR | Offline, awaiting restart | 1,108 | 3,926 | Aug 2001 | Jul 2005 | — | — |
Data: IAEA PRIS · Wikipedia · updated on Sep 17, 2026
Shika 1, a 505 MWe BWR (BWR-5), started construction in 1989, was connected to the grid in 1993 and is currently suspended.
Shika 2, a 1,108 MWe BWR (ABWR), started construction in 2001, was connected to the grid in 2005 and is currently suspended.
Operator: Hokuriku Electric Power.
Owner: Hokuriku Electric Power Co (Shika 1, Shika 2).