August 9, 2004, Kansai Electric Power Company is located about 350 kilometers west of Tokyo, took place the reactor turbine engine room steam leakage, resulting in four deaths and seven injuries. Although Japanese officials said the monitoring of radiation in nuclear power plants around the equipment is not unusual, but is still considered the nuclear accident in Japan so far, the worst nuclear accident casualties.


Kansai Electric Power Company is located 320 kilometers west of Tokyo Mihama (Mihama) nuclear power plant steam pipe leakage, resulting in four deaths, the worst ever for the Japanese nuclear power plant accident. No. reactor accident has been closed, the other two have to stop running in order to do routine maintenance.

Mihama power plant located Fukui (FukuiPrefecture) the local government has asked all of Kansai Electric Power Company of its 11 nuclear reactors for inspection.

Kansai Electric Power Company is Japan s second largest utility companies, mainly to the industrial area of Osaka-intensive supply of electricity. The company said some of its power plant downtime will not result in power shortages.

Kansai Electric said it will re-enable the two fuel generators to compensate for the loss of generating capacity.

Some media said that the world s biggest private power company Tokyo Electric Power (TokyoElectricPowerCo.) will be in the nuclear reactor closed for safety inspection, the re-opening of thermal generating units.

Up to now, only the power that the West will be closed reactor, the other electricity companies say such a plan only.

"Japanese Economic News" reported that the Tokyo Electric Power and Kansai Electric companies may be crude and fuel oil purchases increased by 10% -20%, in order to meet the thermal power equipment needs.

A total of 52 nuclear reactors in Japan, domestic demand for electricity generation accounts for 1 / 3.

This security incidents increased public distrust of the nuclear industry. Media reports said the Kansai Electric Power s chairman YosakuFuji may therefore resign. But the company spokesman said, Fuji is currently no retirement plan, while the company has not discussed the matter.

Japanese government agencies Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NuclearandIndustrialSafetyAgency) has informed the power company check the security file, to ensure that similar Mihama nuclear power plant steam pipes have received the appropriate security checks.