Details

Reactor Type Pressurised Water Reactor (or PWR)
Model WE 312 (3 loop-12 foot)
Owner Taiwan Power Co.
Operator Taiwan Power Co.

Timeline

Construction Start Monday, 21 August 1978
First Criticality Friday, 30 March 1984
First Grid Connection Wednesday, 9 May 1984
Commercial Operation Friday, 27 July 1984
Permanent Shutdown Sunday, 28 July 2024

Specifications

Capacity Net 936 MWe
Capacity Gross 951 MWe
Thermal Capacity 2822 MWt
Design Net Capacity 890 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 (%)
1984 - - - - - - - -
1985 - - - - - - - -
1986 - - - - - - - -
1987 - - - - - - - -
1988 - - - - - - - -
1989 890 6305 5418.45 72.00 66.00 - 69.50 -
1990 894 7079 6098.90 80.80 76.80 - 77.90 -
1991 890 7368 6479.06 84.10 82.70 - 83.10 -
1992 890 6826 6038.78 77.70 76.20 - 77.20 -
1993 890 6930 6258.75 79.10 78.50 76.00 80.30 77.60
1994 890 7098 6322.62 81.00 79.60 76.60 81.10 78.20
1995 890 7495 6741.14 85.60 84.40 77.70 86.50 79.40
1996 890 8329 7537.00 94.80 93.80 79.70 96.40 81.50
1997 890 6752 5949.22 77.10 74.40 79.10 76.30 80.90
1998 890 6101 5514.47 69.60 69.20 78.10 70.70 79.90
1999 890 8328 7392.65 95.10 92.60 79.50 94.80 81.30
2000 890 7502 6729.03 85.40 84.30 79.90 86.10 81.70
2001 890 6046 5333.31 69.00 67.60 78.90 68.40 80.60
2002 890 8726 7800.80 99.60 98.70 80.30 100.10 82.00
2003 890 7579 6751.01 86.50 86.20 80.70 86.60 82.30
2004 890 7742 6793.74 88.10 86.80 81.10 86.90 82.60
2005 890 8693 7701.72 99.20 98.00 82.10 98.80 83.60
2006 890 7599 6763.25 86.80 85.80 82.30 86.80 83.70
2007 890 8001 7168.16 91.30 90.80 82.80 91.90 84.20
2008 900 8784 7904.88 100.00 100.00 83.60 100.00 85.00
2009 918 7959 7205.22 90.90 90.30 83.90 90.30 85.20
2010 919 8009 7272.45 91.40 90.70 84.30 90.30 85.50
2011 918 8760 8022.09 100.00 99.90 85.00 99.80 86.10
2012 928 7620 6994.76 86.80 86.00 85.00 86.30 86.10
2013 926 7615 7011.65 86.90 86.10 85.00 86.40 86.10
2014 926 8517 7913.59 97.20 96.60 85.50 97.60 86.60
2015 936 8035 7492.71 91.70 91.30 85.70 91.40 86.80
2016 936 7799 7228.08 88.80 87.80 85.80 87.90 86.80
2017 936 8682 8136.28 99.10 98.80 86.30 99.20 87.30
2018 936 7681 7201.98 87.70 87.30 86.30 87.80 87.30
2019 936 7652 7118.57 87.40 86.50 86.30 86.80 87.30
2020 936 8728 8222.12 99.40 99.20 86.70 100.00 87.70
2021 936 7716 7259.81 88.10 87.80 86.80 88.50 87.70
2022 936 7677 7197.97 87.60 88.70 86.80 87.80 87.70
2023 936 8704 8133.04 99.40 98.40 87.20 99.20 88.00

Source: Operating details - IAEA PRIS


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