Design
The Tokuyama Dam is a 427.1 m (1,401 ft) long and 161 m (528 ft) high rock-fill embankment dam with a clay core. The total structural volume of the dam is 13,700,000 m3 (480,000,000 cu ft). The dam creates a reservoir with a 660,000,000 m3 (2.3×1010 cu ft) capacity, surface area of 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) and catchment area of 254.5 km2 (98.3 sq mi). The dam's power station will contain two turbine generators, one with a 130 MW capacity and another with a 23 MW capacity for a total of 153 MW. The power station will process a maximum of 100 m3/s (3,500 cu ft/s) for power production. The power station is expected to be operational in 2014.
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