Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant  

Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

Power Plant Name
(Unit number)

Reactor Supplier

Reactor
Type

Licensed
Output
(MWe)

Start of
Commercial
Operation

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.1)

General Electric

BWR

460

Mar.26.1971

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.2)

General Electric

BWR

784

Jul.18.1974

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.3)

Toshiba

BWR

784

Mar.27.1976

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.4)

Hitachi

BWR

784

Oct.12.1978

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.5)

Toshiba

BWR

784

Apr.18.1978

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.6)

General Electric

BWR

1100

Oct.24.1979

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.7)

Proposed TBD

ABWR

1380

October 2016

Fukushima Daiichi (Unit.8)

Proposed TBD

ABWR

1380

October 2017

Since September 2010, Unit 3 has been fueled by mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel, rather than the low enriched uranium (LEU) used in the other reactors. Units 1–5 were built with Mark I type (light bulb torus) containment structures; Unit 6 has a Mark II type (over/under) containment structure.