I. Nuclear Power Program

     To give you a quick impression on Taiwan nuclear power, the following table shows the Nuclear Power Statistics in 2008 ranked by gross production:
     

Nation	Units	Installed capacity (MW)	Gross production (G Wh)	Capacity factor
U.S.A.	104	106,9776	842,360,801	89.91
France	58	65,880	438,641,923	76.09
Japan	55	49,580	251,744,159	59.16
Russia	31	23,266	162,289,470	73.09
Korea	20	18,393	150,957,937	93.29
Germany	17	21,497	148,662,835	76.69
Canada	21	15,367	94,055,812	66.73
Ukraine	15	13,880	89,841,302	73.25
Sweden	10	9,611	63,908,316	78.17
Spain	8	7,735	58,997,662	87.76
Belgium	7	6,101	45,751,177	89.84
China	9	9,014	42,562,618	89.84
Taiwan	6	5,144	40,826,862	88.98
UK	19	12,540	39,370,000	48.71

  Nuclear power's share in Taiwan (2007)

II.  Taipower Nuclear Power Plants

Taipower has 6 nuclear units installed in 3 stations and 2 units are under construction.

The basic data of each unit are listed in the following table:

III.  Brief of TAIWAN POWER COMPANY

     Taiwan Power Company (Taipower ) is a sole government-owned utility in Taiwan.  The history of Taipower could be retrieved to Ching Dynasty.  In 1888 a bureau was set-up for supplying electricity to the metropolis Taipei.  During 1896-1945 Taiwan was under the sovereignty of Japan.  Taipower was expanded to supply electricity for the whole island of Taiwan.  After World War II, the utility was run by the government of ROC and named Taiwan Power Company.

For further information, please contact:
TAIWAN POWER COMPANY
242 Roosevelt Road
3rd Section, Taipei ,Taiwan
Tel: 8862-2365-1234
http://www.taipower.com.tw

IV.  The Development of Nuclear Power in Taiwan

      As early as in 1955, Taipower steered into nuclear power generation as a major part of its long-term power development project.  In 1979 the First Nuclear Power Station with 2 units each of 636MW was completed.  In 1985 the total capacity of nuclear power comprising 6 units in 3 sites reached 5144MW.   It was the year nuclear generation reached its highest share of 52% to the total generation.  The period between 1981 and 1990 was the nuclear dominant age in Taipower.
      Although more than 97% of the energy resources are imported, Taiwan's electricity price is lower than that is in Japan.  The price of electricity had not been adjusted for more than 20 years. Even beyond imagination, if adjusted by consumer price index, the electricity price in 2001 was as cheap as 92% of the price in1996.  Due to nuclear power has cost superiority, it makes tremendous contribution to Taipower's revenue. But unfortunately, nuclear does not get the deserving appreciation from the public.

V.  Status of LUNGMEN Nuclear Power Project

     In order to maintain a balance between electricity demand and supply, Taipower launched its fourth nuclear power project.  The project is to install two ABWR on Yenliao site located at the Kung-Liao village, Taipei County, on the northeast coast of the Island.
      The project was scheduled to complete within 60 months. But due to suspension , political issues and material price rising, the project schedule was revised 4 times.  Now the construction period is about 10 years. Its completion rate as of July 31, 2009 was about 90.35%.