Application of improved systems and components to Hamaoka nuclear power station unit No.5

摘要

Construction work has begun on Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit No. 5 of Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. This is a 1,380 MWe advanced boiling water reactor (ABWR), the commercial operation of which is scheduled for January 2005. The design ofthe plant is based on that of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa NPS Unit No. 6 of The Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc., the world's first ABWR. However, various newly designed and improved systems and components have been applied to improve the reliability and economicsof the plant.