March 28, 2014
Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

Incident During Periodic Inspection of the No. 2 Unit at the Matsuura Thermal Power Plant

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd. ("J-POWER") hereby announces that during the periodic inspection being conducted at the Matsuura No. 2 Unit, a low-pressure turbine (approximately 100 tons) that was being lowered fell, for reasons undetermined. From the extent of the damage, this may result in the suspension of operation for a period considerably beyond the scheduled July 2014 completion of the periodic inspection.
The impact of this incident to our performance is under investigation, and details will be released once they are known.
(Overview of the No. 2 Unit of the Matsuura Thermal Power Plant) Location: Matsuura, Nagasaki Prefecture
Fuel: Coal Output: 1,000MW Start of Operations: July, 1997

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