Japan finally plugs in its fifth reactor

Takahama's Unit 3 is back in operation.

The World Nuclear News reported that Kansai said the 830 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor (PWR) was restarted at 2.00pm today and is expected to achieve criticality tomorrow. 

The company plans to resume electricity generation at Takahama 3 and reconnect it to the grid on 9 June "as the final stage of the periodic outage inspection following various types of tests".

It added that "full-scale operation" of the unit will resume in early July after completion of the comprehensive inspection performed by the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA).

View the full report here.