• Kansai Electric Power plans to reconnect its 1,180 MW Ohi nuclear Unit 3 to the grid in late January 2027.
• The reactor automatically shut down on August 8, 2026, following a generator shutdown triggered by a loss-of-field alarm.
• Corrective measures include replacing the exciter; the revised restart schedule follows a detailed review of that work.
• The unit's 22nd refueling outage began October 5, 2026, without a determined grid reconnection date.

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