Nuclear power in Taiwan

Nuclear power in Taiwan
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Chinshan

Kuosheng

Lungmen

Maanshan

Nuclear power plants in Taiwan (view)

Active plants

Under construction plants

Taiwan currently has 4884 MWe of nuclear power capacity by means of 3 active plants and 6 reactors, which makes up around 20% of its national energy consumption. This makes Taiwan the 15th largest user of nuclear power in the world if treated as its own country.

The technology chosen for the reactors has been General Electric BWR technology for 2 plants and Westinghouse PWR technology for the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant is currently under construction, but has encountered a host of delays building its ABWRs, which will be the largest plants in Taiwan by a large margin after finished.

Organization

All plants are run by Taipower. The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) is effectively the regulatory body, but plants are also subject to International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards.