, Japan

Reactor shutdown causes TEPCO to use record amount of LNG

Tokyo Electric Power Co used a record amount of LNG for power generation last month as the No.1 and No.7 units
at its sole online nuclear plant in Kashiwazaki-Kariwa were shut for maintenance.


It left only two reactors in operation.  

TEPCO used 2.079 million tonnes of LNG in August, exceeding the previous monthly record marked in August 2007.

The 6.6 percent increase in its LNG usage from a year earlier came despite a fall in demand in its service of 18.1 percent .   

TEPCO bought a record 2.305 million tonnes of LNG in August, exceeding the previous record of 2.138 million hit in March this year.

The full story is available at Reuters.

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