Sendai nuclear power plant

Sendai nuclear power plant in context

By gross operating capacity Sendai nuclear power plant is the 4th largest of 9 operating nuclear sites in Japan, holding 12% of the country's operating capacity, and ranks 106th of 172 worldwide.

Its operating units started up between 1984 and 1985; the median unit is 41.5 years old, older than the median of 35.0 in Japan.

The 2 units with both construction and grid dates on record took 3.5 to 3.8 years (median 3.6) from construction start to grid connection; the median across all reactors connected in the 1980s is 7.3 years.

The nearest other tracked nuclear sites are Genkai nuclear power plant (190 km) and Ikata nuclear power plant (271 km).

Build time by unit

Nearest tracked nuclear sites

How these are worked out: ranks use gross operating capacity; ages count from the start-up year on record, as on the age page; build times run from construction start to grid connection, as on the build-times page; ratings are the tracker's net and design net capacity, as on the uprates page. Distances are straight-line between exact positions, so a site with only an approximate position gets none. A unit missing a date or a rating is left out of the figure that needs it.