Sendai nuclear power plant
Sendai nuclear power plant is a nuclear power station in Japan with 2 operating units totalling 1,780 MW gross. The site has 3 units on record in total.
Units
| Unit | Status | Type | Model | Gross MW | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | PWR | M (3-loop) | 890 | 1984 | |
| Unit 2 | PWR | M (3-loop) | 890 | 1985 | |
| Unit 3 | Shelved | PWR | Mitsubishi advanced pressurized water reactor (APWR) | 1,590 | - |
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
| Unit | Construction start | Grid connection | Years | Fleet median, same decade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | 1979 | 1983 | 3.8 | 7.3 (1980s) |
| Unit 2 | 1981 | 1985 | 3.5 | 7.3 (1980s) |
Nearest tracked nuclear sites
| Site | Country | Distance | Operating GW gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genkai nuclear power plant | Japan | 190 km | 2.4 |
| Ikata nuclear power plant | Japan | 271 km | 0.9 |
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.
Earthquakes nearby
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| Time (UTC) | Mag | Depth | Epicentre | Distance |
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Magnitude 4.0 and above within 200 km of Sendai nuclear power plant's listed coordinates, past 30 days. This is distance, not shaking: it says nothing about damage or any change in operation. Every plant.
| Location | Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 31.8335, 130.1887 |
| Elevation | about 10 mabove sea level |
| Setting | On the sea coast |
| Region | Eastern Asia |
| Units by status | Operating: 2 Shelved: 1 |
Elevation is read at the listed coordinates from a 30 m terrain model (SRTM 30 m). Two independent models differ by a median of 6 m across our plants and by up to about 40 m on steep or coastal ground, and a point on a shoreline can read as sea level. Distance to the water is measured to a generalised 1:10 million coastline, so a few kilometres or less is not resolved. This is context, not a design-basis or flood-risk figure.
| Owners | Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc |
|---|---|
| Operators | Kyushu Electric Power |
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Sources
- Global Nuclear Power Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, August 2026 release , CC BY 4.0 · retrieved 2026-09-06
- GEM.wiki entry (further reading) , CC BY-SA 4.0, linked, not quoted
How these sources are used, including the corrections applied on top of them and what is deliberately left blank · download the underlying data