Mitsubishi APWR

The standard APWR is going through the licensing process in Japan and two (of 1538 MWe) are being constructed at the Tsuruga plant.

TXU selected the US-APWR for use at multiple sites, including the Comanche Peak Nuclear Generating Station.

[1] However, in 2013, Mitsubishi slowed U.S. certification work, and the application to build two units at Comanche was suspended.

In 2013, plans to build units in the U.S. were suspended:[2] On 10 May 2011, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced that Japan was cancelling plans for new nuclear construction, including the 2 proposed new APWR reactors at Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.

[5] In March 2015 the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) accepted an expert report that concluded Tsuruga is on an active geological fault.