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Hamaoka Nuclear Plant

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Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Hamaoka Nuclear Plant
Phone:
+81 537-86-3481

Address:
5561 Sakura, Omaezaki 437-1695, Shizuoka Prefecture

The Hamaoka Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in the city of Omaezaki in Shizuoka Prefecture, on Japan's east coast, 200 km south-west of Tokyo. It is managed by the Chubu Electric Power Company. There are five units contained at a single site with a net area of 1.6 km2 . A sixth unit began construction on December 22, 2008. On January 30, 2009, Hamaoka-1 and Hamaoka-2 were permanently shut down. On 6 May 2011, Prime Minister Naoto Kan requested the plant be shut down as an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or higher was estimated 87% likely to hit the area within the following 30 years. Kan wanted to avoid a possible repeat of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. On 9 May 2011, Chubu Electric decided to comply with the government request. In July 2011, a mayor in Shizuoka Prefecture and a group of residents filed a lawsuit seeking the decommissioning of the reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant permanently.
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