page_title: Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
hierarchical_section_title: Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
caption_attribution_description: Ikata Nuclear Power Plant
context_page_description: The Ikata Nuclear Power Plant is a nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata in the Nishiuwa District of Ehime Prefecture, Japan.
  It is the only nuclear plant on the island of Shikoku.
  It is owned and operated by the Shikoku Electric Power Company.
  The plant was shut down along with all other nuclear plants in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Unit 3 was reactivated using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel on 12 August 2016 and began providing electricity to the grid three days later.
  On 13 December 2017, the Hiroshima High Court issued a temporary injunction to halt the operation of the Ikata 3 nuclear reactor until September 2018.
  The plant is on a site with an area of 860,000 square meters; 47% of the plant site is green, in comparison the non-nuclear plants Shikoku Electric operates are 13.8, 20.1, 21.2 and 45.5%.
context_section_description: The Ikata Nuclear Power Plant (伊方発電所, Ikata hatsudensho, Ikata NPP) is a nuclear power plant in the town of Ikata in the Nishiuwa District of Ehime Prefecture, Japan. 
  It is the only nuclear plant on the island of Shikoku. 
  It is owned and operated by the Shikoku Electric Power Company. 
  The plant was shut down along with all other nuclear plants in Japan following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Unit 3 was reactivated using plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel on 12 August 2016 and began providing electricity to the grid three days later. 
  On 13 December 2017, the Hiroshima High Court issued a temporary injunction to halt the operation of the Ikata 3 nuclear reactor until September 2018.
  The plant is on a site with an area of 860,000 square meters (210 acres); 47% of the plant site is green, in comparison the non-nuclear plants Shikoku Electric operates are 13.8, 20.1, 21.2 and 45.5%.
caption: The Ikata NPP, August 2006
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