History of Our Initiatives

Since Hitachi began the development of nuclear technologies in 1957, it has been involved with a number of nuclear projects, including research reactors, export and development reactors, and commercial reactors.

Start of operation

1957 - 1969
1970 - 1979
1980 - 1989
1990 - 1999
2000 -

1957	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (JRR-1) (auxiliary facility) Output : 0.05MWt Type : Research reactor
1960	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (JRR-2) (helium purification system) Output : 10MWt Type : Research reactor
1961	Delivery customer : Hitachi, Ltd. Central Research Laboratory Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (HTR) (complete set of nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 0.1MWt Type : Research reactor
1962	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (JRR-3) (main reactor, other equipment) Output : 10MWt Type : Research reactor
1963	Delivery customer : Musashi Institute of Technology Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (TRIGA reactor) (complete set of nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 0.1MWt Type : Research reactor 　 Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Japan Power Demonstration Reactor (JPDR) (reactor system equipment) Output : 12.5MWe Type : Research reactor
1964	Delivery customer : Kyoto University Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (KUR) (complete set of nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 1MWt Type : Research reactor
1965	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Research Reactor (JRR-4) (complete set of nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 1MWt Type : Research reactor
1968	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : Materials testing reactor (JMTR) (reactor core structure, other equipment) Output : 50MWt Type : Research reactor

1970	Delivery customer : The Japan Atomic Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Tsuruga-1 Nuclear Power Plant (nuclear reactor pressure vessel, core structure, other equipment) Output : 357MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1971	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1(nuclear reactor containment vessel, other equipment) Output : 460MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1972	Delivery customer : Government of Pakistan Plant name (delivered facilities) : Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (turbines, generators) Output : 137MWe Type : Export
1974	Delivery customer : Chugoku Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Shimane Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 460MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1976	Delivery customer : Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 1 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 540MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1977	Delivery customer : Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (nuclear reactor equipment, other equipment) Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fast Breeder Reactor "Joyo" (nuclear reactor equipment, other equipment) Output : 50MWt Type : Development reactor
1978	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station Unit 4 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 784MWe Type : Commercial reactor Delivery customer : The Japan Atomic Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Tokai No. 2 Power Station (nuclear reactor equipment, turbine auxiliary equipment, other equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor Delivery customer : Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 840MWe Type : Commercial reactor Delivery customer : Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation Plant name (delivered facilities) : Advanced thermal reactor "Fugen" (nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 165MWe Type : Development reactor Delivery customer : Taiwan Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 (nuclear reactor containment vessel) Output : 636MWe Type : Export
1979	Delivery customer : Taiwan Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 (nuclear reactor containment vessel) Output : 636MWe Type : Export

1984	Delivery customer : Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt (Switzerland) Plant name (delivered facilities) : Nuclear Power Plant Leibstadt (interior reactor structure) Output : 1,220MWe Type : Export Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1986	Delivery customer : Public Service Electric and Gas Company (US) Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hope Creek Generating Station, Unit 1 (nuclear reactor pressure vessel) Output : 1,117MWe Type : Export
1987	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Station Unit 4 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor Delivery customer : Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1989	Delivery customer : Chugoku Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Shimane Nuclear Power Station Unit 2 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 820MWe Type : Commercial reactor

1990	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 5 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1993	Delivery customer : Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 4 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 1,137MWe Type : Commercial reactor Delivery customer : Hokuriku Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Shika Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 540MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1994	Delivery customer : Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation Plant name (delivered facilities) : Fast Breeder Reactor "Monju" (intermediate heat exchange equipment, steam generator equipment, other equipment) Output : 280MWe Type : Development reactor Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 4 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 1,100MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1996	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 6 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 1,356MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1997	Delivery customer : Tokyo Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Station Unit 7 (set of nuclear reactor equipment) Output : 1,356MWe Type : Commercial reactor
1998	Delivery customer : Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute Plant name (delivered facilities) : High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (nuclear reactor pressure vessel, other equipment) Output : 30MWt Type : Research reactor

2002	Delivery customer : Tohoku Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Onagawa Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 825MWe Type : Commercial reactor
2005	Delivery customer : Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. Plant name (delivered facilities) : Hamaoka Nuclear Power Station Unit 5 (set of turbine equipment) Output : 1,380MWe Type : Commercial reactor
2006	Delivery customer : Hokuriku Electric Power Company Plant name (delivered facilities) : Shika Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 (complete set of plant equipment) Output : 1,358MWe Type : Commercial reactor

[Unit descriptions] Wt: thermal output, We: electrical output, 1 MW = 1,000 kW
Note: Includes some plants worked on a partial basis. For research reactors and development reactors, the starting year of operation is the year of first critical state, and output is the initial rated value.
[Sources] Commercial reactors: Trends in Global Nuclear Power Development (Japan Atomic Industrial Forum), Research reactors and development reactors: Public materials from each research and development organization, websites, etc.