Details

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

Timeline

Construction Start Friday, 7 December 1973
First Criticality Thursday, 9 November 1978
First Grid Connection Tuesday, 19 December 1978
Commercial Operation Sunday, 15 July 1979
Permanent Shutdown Tuesday, 16 July 2019

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 (%)
1978 - - - - - - - -
1979 - - - - - - - -
1980 - - - - - - - -
1981 - - - - - - - -
1982 - - - - - - - -
1983 - - - - - - - -
1984 - - - - - - - -
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 604 6010 3059.75 68.60 59.30 - 57.80 -
1990 593 6242 3436.78 71.30 64.80 - 66.20 -
1991 604 6847 3783.51 78.20 70.10 - 71.50 -
1992 604 7326 4129.15 83.40 78.50 - 77.80 -
1993 604 6992 3934.86 79.80 73.10 - 74.40 -
1994 604 7001 3979.50 79.90 76.60 - 75.20 -
1995 604 6808 3885.73 77.70 75.90 - 73.40 -
1996 604 6897 4001.48 78.50 77.50 - 75.40 -
1997 604 7168 4325.49 81.80 80.10 - 81.80 -
1998 604 8422 4841.52 96.10 94.60 75.10 91.50 74.50
1999 604 7274 4296.32 83.00 80.70 75.60 81.20 75.10
2000 604 7584 4596.55 86.30 85.30 76.40 86.60 76.10
2001 604 8515 5018.10 97.20 93.90 77.80 94.80 77.50
2002 604 7414 4290.36 84.60 80.50 78.00 81.10 77.80
2003 604 7595 4574.47 86.70 86.00 78.50 86.50 78.40
2004 604 8704 5247.62 99.10 98.00 79.70 98.90 79.60
2005 604 7641 4530.46 87.20 85.20 80.00 85.60 80.00
2006 604 7812 4650.77 89.20 87.50 80.40 87.90 80.40
2007 604 8654 5218.76 98.80 98.30 81.40 98.60 81.40
2008 604 7375 4422.36 84.00 83.40 81.50 83.40 81.50
2009 604 7501 4492.08 85.60 84.90 81.60 84.90 81.70
2010 604 8683 5208.08 99.10 98.40 82.40 98.40 82.40
2011 604 7763 4658.02 88.60 88.00 82.70 88.00 82.70
2012 604 7828 4709.15 89.10 88.80 82.90 88.80 82.90
2013 604 8609 5148.48 98.30 97.30 83.50 97.30 83.50
2014 604 7888 4896.53 90.00 89.40 83.70 92.50 83.80
2015 604 7901 4865.98 90.20 89.00 83.90 92.00 84.20
2016 604 8484 5208.31 96.60 96.10 84.40 98.20 84.60
2017 604 3658 2142.22 41.80 39.40 82.80 40.50 83.10
2018 604 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 80.00 0.00 80.40
2019 604 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 78.60 0.00 78.90

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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