| Kumiaki Moriya | Nuclear Plant Engineering Dept., Hitachi Engineering & Product Div., Nuclear Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Masaya Ohtsuka | 1st Nuclear & Industrial Systems Dept., Power & Industrial Systems R&D Lab., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Motoo Aoyama, D.Eng. | 1st Nuclear & Industrial Systems Dept., Power & Industrial Systems R&D Lab., Power & Industrial Systems, |
| Masayoshi Matsuura | Nuclear Plant Engineering Dept., Hitachi Engineering & Product Div., Nuclear Systems Div., Power & Industrial Systems, |
Making use of nuclear power technology accumulated since the development of a research reactor in 1955, Hitachi, Ltd. participated in the construction of Japan's first light-water reactor that began operation in 1970 as Unit 1 (357-MWe BWR) of the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station. Following this, Hitachi continued its efforts in achieving high reliability and large-scale output, and in 1996, it completed a 1,356-MWe Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) in cooperation with various BWR utility companies, General Electric Company, and Toshiba Corporation. Furthermore, anticipating a broad range of use for nuclear power plants in the 21st century, Hitachi is now working on developing nuclear power plants that take diversified needs and global characteristics into account. In particular, three types of reactors are being targeted: (1) ABWR-II as a large-scale centralized power supply emphasizing cost efficiency (under joint research with utility companies); (2) HABWR (medium-size ABWR) as a distributed power supply appropriate for an output scale where a large power grid does not exist; and (3) SSBWR (simplified small BWR) as an independent power supply that does not assume a power grid.
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
HABWR, SSBWR, ABWR-II, Distributed Power Supply, Independent Power Supply
