According to the official web site, JAPC is "the only power company in Japan solely engaged in nuclear energy".
On 11 March 2011 several nuclear reactors in Japan were badly damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
[2][3] In February 2013 in an attempt to raise money to be able to pay back loans due in April 2013, Japan Atomic Power did sell part of its uranium-stock.
[6][7] The plant was to be built by a consortium, International Nuclear Energy Development of Japan Co, which comprises 13 Japanese companies.
[5] However, the project was suspended in 2016,[9] and in 2023, the provincial government returned the land-use rights to the families who previously owned them.