Press Releases 2014

Unit 2 of Kashima thermal power station being operated at a rated output (Station chief: Hirohisa Ishii, Location: 9 Touwada, kamisu city, Ibaraki prefecture, Rated capacity: 600 MW, Fuel: Petroleum fuel, Commercial operation commencement date: September, 1971) was shutdown at 7:25 PM, April 21 due to a possibility of steam leakage from a tube in the boiler.

A similar leakage was also suspected at Unit 2 of Higashi Ohgishima thermal power station（Station chief: Satoshi Kagami, Location: 3 Higashi Ohgishima, Kawasaki ward, Kawasaki city, Kanagawa prefecture, Rated capacity: 1,000 MW, Commercial operation commencement date: March, 1991）, accordingly the power generating operation of the station was shutdown at 1:47 PM today.

To solve these troubles, we will inspect the boilers of both the stations to identify the root causes and repair damages found through the inspection.

In addition, we have secured a supply capacity of 40.16 GW for tomorrow, and we expect that the rate of electricity use will be 84%.