page_title: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant
hierarchical_section_title: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant
caption_attribution_description: English: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant 日本語: 高浜発電所（関西電力、福井県大飯郡高浜町）
context_page_description: The Takahama Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Takahama, Ōi District, Fukui Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is on a site with an area of about 1 km². The four pressurized water reactors give the plant a total gross electric capacity of 3,392 MW and average yearly production of 22,638 GW·h.
  From 2012 to 2016 the plant was shut down most of the time, with only reactor 3 briefly in operation, due to technical problems and opposition from local residents.
  Unit 3 and 4 were eventually restarted in May and June 2017.
context_section_description: The Takahama Nuclear Power Plant (高浜原子力発電所 Takahama genshiryoku hatsudensho, Takahama NPP) is a nuclear power plant located in the town of Takahama, Ōi District, Fukui Prefecture. It is owned and operated by the Kansai Electric Power Company. It is on a site with an area of about 1 km². The four pressurized water reactors give the plant a total gross electric capacity of 3,392 MW and average yearly production of 22,638 GW·h (averaged on 2006–2010 data).
  From 2012 to 2016 the plant was shut down most of the time, with only reactor 3 briefly in operation, due to technical problems and opposition from local residents.
  Unit 3 and 4 were eventually restarted in May and June 2017.
caption: Takahama Nuclear Power Plant
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