Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant

The Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant is located in the city of , , . It is operated by the Japan Atomic Power Company. The total site area is 5.12 square kilometres with 94% of it being green area that the company is working to preserve.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fugen Nuclear Power Plant and Tateishimisaki Lighthouse.

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Fugen ふげん was a prototype Japanese nuclear test reactor. Fugen was a domestic Japanese design for a demonstration Advanced Thermal Reactor. It was a heavy water moderated, boiling light water cooled reactor. is situated 410 metres northwest of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

Lighthouse
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is situated 1¼ km north of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

Power station
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Monju was a Japanese sodium-cooled fast reactor, located near the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant, . Its name is a reference to Manjusri. Construction started in 1986 and the reactor achieved criticality for the first time in April 1994. is situated 3½ km southwest of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant

Latitude
35.75198° or 35° 45′ 7″ north
Longitude
136.01997° or 136° 1′ 12″ east
Inception
February 17th, 1987
Operator
日本原子力発電株式会社
Open location code
8Q7RQ229+QX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 449155824
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q1623116
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “АЕЦ „Цуруга“”
  • Bulgarian: “АЕЦ Цуруга”
  • Chinese: “敦賀核電廠”
  • Chinese: “敦賀發電廠”
  • Chinese: “鹤贺核电站”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Curuga”
  • Dutch: “Kernenergiecentrale Tsuruga”
  • Finnish: “Tsurugan ydinvoimalaitos”
  • French: “centrale nucléaire de Tsuruga”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Tsuruga”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Tsuruga”
  • Italian: “centrale nucleare di Tsuruga”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Tsuruga”
  • Japanese: “敦賀原子力発電所”
  • Japanese: “敦賀原発”
  • Japanese: “敦賀発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tsuruga kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Tsuruga kjernekraftverk”
  • Persian: “نیروگاه هسته‌ای تسوروگا”
  • Polish: “Elektrownia jądrowa Tsuruga”
  • Russian: “АЭС Цуруга”
  • Swedish: “Tsuruga kärnkraftverk”
  • Ukrainian: “АЕС Цуруґа”

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