Longmen Nuclear Power Plant
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| Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant | |
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 Construction of the facility as of March 30, 2006 |
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| Country | Taiwan |
| Location | Gongliao Township |
| Coordinates | 25°02′19″N 121°55′27″E / 25.03861°N 121.92417°ECoordinates: 25°02′19″N 121°55′27″E / 25.03861°N 121.92417°E |
| Status | Under construction |
| Commission date | N/A (Unit 1) N/A (Unit 2) |
| Construction cost | NT$233.55 billion (US$6.77 billion) |
| Reactor information | |
| Reactors under construction | 2 x 1350 MW |
| Reactor type(s) | ABWR |
| Power generation information | |
| Installed capacity | 2,700 MW |
The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant (formerly Gongliao Nuclear Power Plant and Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, often abbreviated as: Chinese: 核四; pinyin: Hésì; Taiwanese: Hu̍t-sù or He̍k-sù; "Nuke 4"), located in Gongliao Township, is Taiwan's fourth nuclear power plant, consisting of two ABWRs each of 1,350 MWe. As of 2007, Unit-1 was expected to come online in July 2009, with Unit-2 following in July 2010. It is operated by Taiwan Power Company.
Construction of the plant began in 1997, but has been delayed by political controversy. In 2000, a decision to halt construction was a factor in the resignation of Premier Tang Fei.
In March 2009, Taiwan Power Co. had to delay the start of commercial operations at its Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant by additional two years to 2011 and ask the government for more funds, company spokeswoman Tu Yueh-Yuan said. The budget for the plant's two units was originally NT$233.55 billion (US$6.77 billion), but now Taiwan Power wants to ask the government for about NT$40 billion more. The figures are not final, as the final new budget must be approved by the government.
Commercial operations at the Unit-1 was planned to start in December 2011 instead of July 2009, but have been delayed again. "The control and information system will be installed much later than we expected, which is the cause of the delay", said Tu, adding the Unit-2 will likely start commercial operations one year after the first one.
Following the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, commercial operations may be further delayed.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Andrew Jacobs (12 January 2012). "Vote Holds Fate of Nuclear Power in Taiwan". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/world/asia/nuclear-power-emerges-as-election-issue-in-taiwan.html. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
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[edit] External links
- ROC AEC website information, March 2007.
- Additional Project Funding, August 2006.
- Summary of reactors operating and building, April 2005.
- Resignation of Tang Fei.
- Plant specification.
- Timeline from an anti-nuclear site.
- Brief description from one of the contractors.
- Detailed description.
- Women in Nuclear Taiwan.
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