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Tomari — Japan

Nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, Japan. Approximate location 43.0367, 140.5125.

NuclearHokkaidoJapanM (2-loop)pressurized water reactorMothballed

Tomari is a 2,070 MW nuclear power station in Hokkaido, Japan. It ranks #29 of 692 Japan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, nuclear supplies about 9.1% of Japan's electricity; the national grid averages 477 gCO₂/kWh (32.7% low-carbon) (2025).

2,070MW installed capacity
3construction time (1985→1988)
1989commissioned (~37 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000674.

Data status

Known data

FacilityTomari WRI
CountryJapan · Hokkaido WRI
Coordinates43.0367, 140.5125 WRI
FuelNuclear WRI
MW installed capacity2,070 MW Wikidata P2109; installed/nameplate capacity
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerHokkaido WRI
Commissioned1989 WRI
Technologypressurized water reactor WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#29 / 692 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#12 / 24 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers1.00× · 2,070 MW · n=24 calculated
Climate6.2°C · HDD 4,344 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC3 · 37/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsnot applicable not applicable

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: Wikidata P2109; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 2,070 MW, Tomari is around the median nuclear plant in Japan (2,070 MW). Technically it is described as pressurized water reactor. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Nuclear plants split uranium to raise steam with no direct CO₂; they run as steady baseload with very high capacity factors and the longest operating lifetimes of any thermal plant.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #12 largest nuclear power plant of 24 in Japan by capacity.

Japan has 24 nuclear power plants in this dataset, together about 61,851 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 43.0367, 140.5125 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Tomari?

Tomari is a 2,070 MW nuclear power plant in Hokkaido, Japan, commissioned in 1989.

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