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Nuclear power plants in Japan

24 nuclear power plants in Japan, totalling 61,851 MW of installed capacity — ranked by size, from open data.

#PlantRegionMW
1Kashiwazaki KariwaNiigata7,965
2Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plantFukushima Prefecture7,456
3OhiFukui4,710
4Fukushima DainaFukushima4,400
5HamaokaShizuoka3,504
6GenkaiSaga Prefecture3,478
7TakahamaKyoto3,392
8Kaminoseki nuclear power plantYamaguchi Prefecture2,746
9Ashihama nuclear power plantMie Prefecture2,600
10OnagawaMiyagi2,174
11Hohoku nuclear power plantYamaguchi Prefecture2,134
12TomariHokkaido2,070
13IkataEhime2,022
14Ohma nuclear power plantAomori Prefecture1,983
15Maki nuclear power plantNiigata Prefecture1,847
16SendaiKagoshima1,780
17ShikaIshikawa1,746
18TsurugaFukui1,160
19Higashi-DoriAomori1,100
20Tokai DainiIbaraki1,100
21MihamaFukui826
22Namie-Odaka nuclear power plantFukushima Prefecture825
23ShimaneShimane820
24Japan Power Demonstration Reactor nuclear power plantIbaraki Prefecture13

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Lifecycle and source reconciliation

This page contains 24 positive-capacity records totalling 61,851 MW. Lifecycle labels, capacity scope and capacity-quality provenance are kept separate so a source-backed capacity is not mistaken for a verified operating status.

11records with a resolvable source link
13records without a retained record-level link

Lifecycle labels in this page slice

StatusRecords
Construction3
Mothballed5
Not Reported7
Operating8
Shelved1

Capacity provenance quality

Quality labelRecords
legacy source record not current verified13
source verified gem tracker location 20264
source verified wikidata p2109 strict match7

Unknown upstream labels remain unclassified; they are never guessed. Download the exact records used here: CSV · JSON with limitations.