Details

Reactor Type Boiling Water Reactor (or BWR)
Model BWR-4
Owner Taiwan Power Co.
Operator Taiwan Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 2 June 1972
First Criticality Sunday, 16 October 1977
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 16 November 1977
Commercial Operation Sunday, 10 December 1978
Permanent Shutdown Thursday, 6 December 2018

Specifications

Capacity Net 604 MWe
Capacity Gross 636 MWe
Thermal Capacity 1840 MWt
Design Net Capacity 604 MWe

Operational History

Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Energy Availability Factor (%)

Total Electricity Supplied (GWh)

Reactor History

Year Reference Unit Power (MWe) Annual Time Online (Hours) Electricity Supplied (GWh) Operation Factor (%) Energy Availability Annual (%) Energy Availability Cumulative (%) Load Factor Annual (%) Load Factor Cumulative (%)
1977 - - - - - - - -
1978 - - - - - - - -
1979 - - - - - - - -
1980 - - - - - - - -
1981 - - - - - - - -
1982 - - - - - - - -
1983 - - - - - - - -
1984 - - - - - - - -
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 604 5226 2783.37 59.70 55.30 - 52.60 -
1990 591 5315 2968.50 60.70 54.80 - 57.30 -
1991 604 7602 4391.39 86.80 82.00 - 83.00 -
1992 604 7260 4017.73 82.60 76.60 - 75.70 -
1993 604 7854 4423.96 89.70 83.00 - 83.60 -
1994 604 6458 3645.42 73.70 67.70 - 68.90 -
1995 604 7168 4154.33 81.80 80.50 - 78.50 -
1996 604 7051 4070.86 80.30 78.60 - 76.70 -
1997 604 8558 4990.46 97.70 96.20 - 94.30 -
1998 604 7448 4295.12 85.00 83.50 - 81.20 -
1999 604 7156 4081.06 81.70 78.80 76.10 77.10 75.40
2000 604 8784 5226.14 100.00 99.20 78.00 98.50 77.30
2001 604 7282 4319.71 83.10 81.50 78.30 81.60 77.70
2002 604 7367 4376.00 84.10 83.40 78.70 82.70 78.00
2003 604 8760 5240.00 100.00 99.40 80.10 99.00 79.40
2004 604 7646 4541.87 87.00 85.80 80.40 85.60 79.80
2005 604 7745 4573.81 88.40 86.80 80.80 86.40 80.20
2006 604 8760 5201.81 100.00 99.50 81.80 98.30 81.20
2007 604 7834 4607.90 89.40 88.20 82.20 87.10 81.50
2008 604 6822 3998.86 77.70 75.40 81.80 75.40 81.20
2009 604 8668 5173.67 99.00 97.80 82.60 97.80 82.00
2010 604 7351 4401.44 83.90 83.20 82.60 83.20 82.10
2011 604 7945 4781.80 90.70 90.40 83.00 90.40 82.40
2012 604 8575 5143.19 97.60 96.90 83.50 96.90 83.00
2013 604 6447 3848.54 73.60 72.70 83.10 72.70 82.60
2014 604 7990 4874.70 91.20 90.80 83.40 92.10 83.00
2015 604 0 0.00 0.00 69.60 82.90 0.00 79.90
2016 604 0 0.00 0.00 100.00 83.50 0.00 77.00
2017 604 0 0.00 0.00 100.00 84.10 0.00 74.40
2018 604 0 0.00 0.00 100.00 84.60 0.00 72.10

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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