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Chin Shan-2, Taiwan

Overview

CURRENT STATUS

Operable

DETAILS
Reactor Type	Commercial Reactor
Process	BWR
Vendor	General Electric (GE)
Owner	Tai Power Co.
Model	BWR-4
Operator	Tai Power Co.
Capacity Net	604 MWe
Capacity Gross	636 MWe
Capacity Thermal	1840 MWt

CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION
Start Construction	7 December 1973
Criticality	9 November 1978
Grid Connection	19 December 1978
Commercial Operation	15 July 1979

OPERATING PERFORMANCE
Output Life	145.1 TWh
Capacity Factor Life	82.9 %

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Reactor Operational Details

Year	Reference Unit Power MW	Annual Output GWh	Annual Time On Line Hours	Capacity Factor %	Operational Factor %
1973	0	0	0	0	0
1974	0	0	0	0	0
1975	0	0	0	0	0
1976	0	0	0	0	0
1977	0	0	0	0	0
1978	0	0	0	0	0
1979	0	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0	0	0	0
1981	0	0	0	0	0
1982	0	0	0	0	0
1983	0	0	0	0	0
1984	0	0	0	0	0
1985	0	0	0	0	0
1986	0	0	0	0	0
1987	0	0	0	0	0
1988	0	0	0	0	0
1989	604	3059.75	6010	57.8	68.6
1990	593	3436.78	6242	66.2	71.3
1991	604	3783.51	6847	71.5	78.2
1992	604	4129.15	7326	77.8	83.4
1993	604	3934.86	6992	74.4	79.8
1994	604	3979.5	7001	75.2	79.9
1995	604	3885.73	6808	73.4	77.7
1996	604	4001.48	6897	75.4	78.5
1997	604	4325.49	7168	81.8	81.8
1998	604	4841.52	8422	91.5	96.1
1999	604	4296.32	7274	81.2	83
2000	604	4596.55	7584	86.6	86.3
2001	604	5018.1	8515	94.8	97.2
2002	604	4290.36	7414	81.1	84.6
2003	604	4574.47	7595	86.5	86.7
2004	604	5247.62	8704	98.9	99.1
2005	604	4530.46	7641	85.6	87.2
2006	604	4650.77	7812	87.9	89.2
2007	604	5218.76	8654	98.6	98.8
2008	604	4422.36	7375	83.4	84
2009	604	4492.08	7501	84.9	85.6
2010	604	5208.08	8683	98.4	99.1
2011	604	4658.02	7763	88	88.6
2012	604	4709.15	7828	88.8	89.1
Total:		105290.87

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS
Note: "0" signifies a zero value, or no data available

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