Last additions - Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion Museum 日本原子力発電敦賀原子力館 |
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Model trains powered by winding.Jun 17, 2017
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Thermal power generationJun 17, 2017
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How a nuclear reactor produces electricity.Jun 17, 2017
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Playground for kids.Jun 17, 2017
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Outside the museum, you can walk around the park-like grounds.Jun 17, 2017
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Nuclear waste canisterJun 17, 2017
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Nuclear waste drum.Jun 17, 2017
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Safety of nuclear power plant workers.Jun 17, 2017
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Japan's first PCCV construction of a nuclear reactor housing.Jun 17, 2017
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Fukui Prefecture produces the highest amout of nuclear power in Japan.Jun 17, 2017
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Nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture.Jun 17, 2017
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Nuclear power plants in Japan.Jun 17, 2017
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Atomic Theater shows how a nuclear power plant works.Jun 17, 2017
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Model of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.Jun 17, 2017
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Model of Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. On the lower right is the two additional reactors they had planned to build, but shelved after the Tohoku disaster in 2011.Jun 17, 2017
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Natural GalleryJun 17, 2017
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Natural GalleryJun 17, 2017
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What's what at the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. The Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant started operating commercially on March 14, 1970, the same day when Expo '70 opened in Osaka. Expo '70 in Osaka was the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Station's first commercial customer.Jun 17, 2017
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant (敦賀発電所). The cylindrical domed building on the left is the No. 1 reactor, Japan's first light-water reactor that operated from 1970 to 2015. Square building on the rght is No. 2 reactor, a pressurized water reactor in operation since 1987. Supplies power to Kansai, Hokuriku, and Chubu Regions.Jun 17, 2017
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From the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion, we can view the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant.Jun 17, 2017
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion or Tsuruga PR Pavilion.Jun 17, 2017
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Near the plant is their public relations facility and museum called the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Pavilion or Tsuruga PR Pavilion. A 40-min. bus ride from JR Tsuruga Station.Jun 17, 2017
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Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. All fenced in with security cameras everywhere.Jun 17, 2017
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Out in the boondocks of Tsuruga is the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. All fenced in.Jun 17, 2017
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Another power plantJun 17, 2017
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Offshore sandbar popular with swimmers.Jun 17, 2017
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From JR Tsuruga Station, it's a scenic bus ride to the Tsuruga Nuclear Power Plant. Jun 17, 2017
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