EnergyReader · 2026-08-01 19:57

Hokkaido Electric president denies off-site spent fuel transfers as Tomari shutdown threat looms

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 1, 2026

The president of Hokkaido Electric Power has denied that the utility transferred spent nuclear fuel to any port other than its new dedicated facility, while warning that Tomari plant operations would halt if storage capacity runs out, according to Hokkaido Shimbun Digital. The denial is pointed: Hokkaido has no operational reactors at present, and the utility's ability to keep units running once they restart depends entirely on off-site storage that has not yet proven it can absorb the volume.

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