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Quake drill conducted at Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. conducts a drill at its Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari village, Hokkaido, on Dec. 16, 2014, on the assumption that a powerful earthquake hits the region. Some 330 people took part in the exercise.

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Coastal levee at Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido unveiled

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido unveils to the press on Dec. 16, 2014, its coastal levee to protect the Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari village from possible tsunami.

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Hokkaido Electric Power chief sees need for reactor restart

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Mayumi, president of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that the utility will lower electricity charges if it is allowed to reactivate its nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, west of Sapporo, on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido.

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Tomari nuclear plant's emergency response facility

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction works on the foundation of the emergency response center are underway at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, on July 9, 2014.

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Tomari nuclear plant spent fuel pool shown to press

SAPPORO, Japan - The spent fuel pool at the No. 3 reactor of the Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, is shown to the press on March 12, 2014. It was the first time for Hokkaido Electric Power Co. to show the facility to the media since September 2008, when it was still under construction.

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Hokkaido's Tomari reactor containment vessel shown to press

SAPPORO, Japan - Circular pipes of a cooling system set up on the upper part of a containment vessel of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido are shown to the press on March 12, 2014. It was the first time Hokkaido Electric Power Co. had revealed the facility to the media since September 2008, when it was still under construction.

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Nuclear disaster drill in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi (2nd from L) is briefed on the screening for radioactive materials in the village of Akaigawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 24, 2012, in an emergency drill simulating a nuclear accident in which 1,800 residents were evacuated from around the Tomari nuclear plant.

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Nuclear disaster drill in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Children are briefed on the screening for radioactive materials in the village of Akaigawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 24, 2012, in an emergency drill simulating a nuclear accident in which 1,800 residents were evacuated from around the Tomari nuclear plant.

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Nuclear disaster drill in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Local residents arrive in the village of Akaigawa, Hokkaido, on Oct. 24, 2012, after being evacuated from around the Tomari nuclear plant in a Self-Defense Force helicopter during an emergency drill simulating a nuclear accident.

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Nuclear disaster drill in Hokkaido

FURUBIRA, Japan - Local residents board a Japan Coast Guard vessel in the village of Furubira, Hokkaido, on Oct. 24, 2012, in an emergency drill simulating a nuclear accident in which 1,800 residents were evacuated from around the Tomari nuclear plant.

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Nuclear disaster drill in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Local residents undergo screening for radioactive materials at a hotel in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 24, 2012, in an emergency drill simulating a nuclear accident in which 1,800 residents were evacuated from around the Tomari nuclear plant.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Operators at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012, look at displays in the central control room for the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, after Japan's last operating commercial reactor went offline for mandatory routine maintenance. The nation was left without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 11:08 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor can be seen to the right. The photo was taken shortly after the reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates the output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, has fallen to zero at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in the prefecture falling at 5:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - An operator at 5:04 p.m. on May 5, 2012, looks at a display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, that shows output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village in the prefecture. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011.

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Tomari nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (R front) can be seen.

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Hokkaido Electric Power President Sato

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. President Yoshitaka Sato gives a press conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17, 2011. Sato said the utility will freeze a plutonium-thermal power generation project at its Tomari nuclear plant due to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion about the project.

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Pronuclear incumbent wins in Hokkaido mayoral election

IWANAI, Japan - Yuji Kamioka, the mayor of Iwanai town, Hokkaido, known as an advocate of restarting idled reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant, celebrates his reelection on Oct. 2, 2011, after seeing off the challenge of antinuclear candidate Miyuki Oishi. Kamioka secured a third four-year term after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant.

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi speaks at a news conference at the Hokkaido government office in Sapporo on Aug. 17, 2011. The No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido resumed commercial operation the same day after Takahashi officially gave her approval, becoming the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups to resume commercial operation in Japan in the wake of the Fukushima crisis.

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Takahashi (L), head of the Tokyo office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., receives a certificate for the completion of regular inspection of the Tomari nuclear power plant's reactor from Tetsuya Yamamoto, head of the nuclear power inspection division of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011. The same day HEPCO resumed commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor, the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups in the wake of the Fukushima crisis to restart commercial operation.

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Hokkaido Gov. Takahashi

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi replies to questions from reporters in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2011, after seeking approval from the prefectural assembly for resuming commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in the prefecture.

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(2)Japanese players in British Open

SANDWICH, England - Katsuyoshi Tomari of Japan readies himself for putting during the the third round of the British Open at Royal St George's on July 19.

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Japan holds 1st nuclear accident drill using permanent center

TOMARI, Japan - Japan conducts its first nuclear accident drill using a permanent emergency response center in Hokkaido on Oct. 27. Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (above L on background screen) participated from Tokyo. The drill was based on the premise of an accident at the Hokkaido Electric Power Co. nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in western Hokkaido.

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New off-site nuke emergency center unveiled in Hokkaido, north Japan

A mock videoconference is held on Aug. 6, 2015, at a brand-new off-site nuclear emergency center in Kyowa in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido, 10.4 kilometers away from Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Tomari. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Disaster drill at Tomari plant

Elementary school children join an evacuation drill for a possible accident at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant in the northern Japan town of Kyowa on Nov. 14, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido utility unveils command center to deal with nuke emergencies

Hokkaido Electric Power Co. unveils to media on Sept. 17, 2015, its command center in the event of a serious accident involving any of the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors at its nuclear power station in Tomari in the northernmost Japanese prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pronuclear incumbent wins in Hokkaido mayoral election

IWANAI, Japan - Yuji Kamioka, the mayor of Iwanai town, Hokkaido, known as an advocate of restarting idled reactors at a nearby nuclear power plant, celebrates his reelection on Oct. 2, 2011, after seeing off the challenge of antinuclear candidate Miyuki Oishi. Kamioka secured a third four-year term after pledging stricter oversight of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear plant. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Electric Power President Sato

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. President Yoshitaka Sato gives a press conference in Sapporo, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17, 2011. Sato said the utility will freeze a plutonium-thermal power generation project at its Tomari nuclear plant due to a scandal involving the misrepresentation of local opinion about the project. (Kyodo)

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi speaks at a news conference at the Hokkaido government office in Sapporo on Aug. 17, 2011. The No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido resumed commercial operation the same day after Takahashi officially gave her approval, becoming the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups to resume commercial operation in Japan in the wake of the Fukushima crisis. (Kyodo)

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Tomari reactor resumes commercial operation

TOKYO, Japan - Takao Takahashi (L), head of the Tokyo office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., receives a certificate for the completion of regular inspection of the Tomari nuclear power plant's reactor from Tetsuya Yamamoto, head of the nuclear power inspection division of the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2011. The same day HEPCO resumed commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor, the first among reactors undergoing regular checkups in the wake of the Fukushima crisis to restart commercial operation. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Gov. Takahashi

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi replies to questions from reporters in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2011, after seeking approval from the prefectural assembly for resuming commercial operation of the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 11:08 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor can be seen to the right. The photo was taken shortly after the reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates the output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, has fallen to zero at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, went offline for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor goes offline

SAPPORO, Japan - Operators at 11:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012, look at displays in the central control room for the No. 3 reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, after Japan's last operating commercial reactor went offline for mandatory routine maintenance. The nation was left without electricity generated by nuclear power for the first time in 42 years, in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear crisis triggered by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - A display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, indicates output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari in the prefecture falling at 5:03 p.m. on May 5, 2012. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan's last nuclear reactor going offline

TOKYO, Japan - An operator at 5:04 p.m. on May 5, 2012, looks at a display in the head office of Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in Sapporo, Hokkaido, that shows output of the No. 3 reactor at its Tomari nuclear power plant in the village in the prefecture. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken at 8:15 p.m. on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (R) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, was set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 5, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (front) can be seen. The reactor, Japan's last operating commercial nuclear reactor, is set to go offline late the same day for mandatory routine maintenance, leaving the nation without atomic-generated electricity for the first time in 42 years in the wake of the quake-triggered Fukushima nuclear crisis in March 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear power plant

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on April 22, 2012, shows the facilities of Hokkaido Electric Power Co.'s Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido. The building housing the No. 3 reactor (R front) can be seen. (Kyodo)

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Quake drill conducted at Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. conducts a drill at its Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari village, Hokkaido, on Dec. 16, 2014, on the assumption that a powerful earthquake hits the region. Some 330 people took part in the exercise. (Kyodo)

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Coastal levee at Tomari nuclear plant in Hokkaido unveiled

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Electric Power Co. in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido unveils to the press on Dec. 16, 2014, its coastal levee to protect the Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari village from possible tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Hokkaido Electric Power chief sees need for reactor restart

TOKYO, Japan - Akihiko Mayumi, president of Hokkaido Electric Power Co., tells a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2014, that the utility will lower electricity charges if it is allowed to reactivate its nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, west of Sapporo, on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear plant's emergency response facility

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction works on the foundation of the emergency response center are underway at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Tomari, Hokkaido, on July 9, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tomari nuclear plant spent fuel pool shown to press

SAPPORO, Japan - The spent fuel pool at the No. 3 reactor of the Tomari nuclear power plant in the village of Tomari, Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, is shown to the press on March 12, 2014. It was the first time for Hokkaido Electric Power Co. to show the facility to the media since September 2008, when it was still under construction. (Kyodo)