Onagawa
- Country: Japan
- Role: Civil Power
- Status: Operating
- Year: 1984
Overview
Three boiling water reactors closest to the 2011 epicenter that survived the great tsunami behind their seawall while the town behind was destroyed, and supplied power for disaster response. Unit 2 restarted in 2024, the first boiling water reactor restart in Japan.
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