(JAPAN) Chubu Electric to start work Thurs on halting Hamaoka reactor

[AsahinaKimi]

NAGOYA —

Chubu Electric Power Co will begin work as early as Thursday to suspend operation of the No. 4 reactor at the Hamaoka nuclear power station in Shizuoka Prefecture, one of the two reactors it has agreed to halt upon the government’s request for earthquake safety reasons, sources close to the utility said Wednesday.

Power generation at the reactor is expected to terminate in seven to eight hours after procedures start, and the reactor will reach a stable condition called ‘‘cold shutdown’’ in about a day thereafter.

Chubu Electric, which serves central Japan around Nagoya, will then swiftly move on to suspend the No. 5 reactor. As a result, the Hamaoka plant, where the other three reactors have already been taken off the grid, is expected to be completely out of service by the end of the week.

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