Kuriyama Dam (Tochigi) Explained

Kuriyama Dam
Location Map:Japan
Coordinates:36.8522°N 139.6528°W
Country:Japan
Location:Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture
Status:O
Construction Began:1981
Opening:1985
Owner:TEPCO
Dam Type:Embankment, rock-fill
Dam Height:97.50NaN0
Dam Length:3400NaN0
Dam Volume:25170000NaN0
Res Capacity Total:68900000NaN0
Res Capacity Active:62000000NaN0
Res Catchment:9000NaN0
Res Surface:3200NaN0
Res Elevation:10900NaN0

The Kuriyama Dam is a rock-fill embankment dam on a tributary of the Togawa River located 6.40NaN0 northwest of Nikkō in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed between 1981 and 1985. Its reservoir serves as the upper reservoir for the 1,050 MW Imaichi Pumped Storage Power Station, while the Imaichi Dam forms the lower. The dam is 97.50NaN0 tall and withholds a reservoir with a storage capacity of 68900000NaN0. Of that capacity, 62000000NaN0 is used to produce electricity at the power plant. It is owned and operated by TEPCO.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tokyo Electric Power Station Imaichi. Suiryoku.com. 19 January 2012. Japanese.
  2. Book: Engineers, prepared by Task Committee on Pumped Storage of the Committee on Hydropower of the Energy Division of the American Society of Civil. Hydroelectric pumped storage technology : international experience. 1996. American Soc. of Civil Engineers. New York, NY. 0-7844-0144-6. 2.2 1–5.