I. Nuclear Power Program

     To give you a quick impression on Taiwan nuclear power, the following table shows the Nuclear Power Statistics in 2007 ranked by gross production:
     

Nation	Units	Installed capacity (MW)	Gross production (G Wh)	Capacity factor
U.S.A.	104	106,476	843,005,799	91.01
France	58	65,880	439,102,649	75.98
Japan	55	49,580	278,708,640	63.87
Russia	31	23,266	158,281,670	70.69
Korea	20	18,393	142,943,153	87.93
Germany	17	21,457	140,533,026	73.42
Canada	21	15,367	94,007,530	66.74
Sweden	10	9,356	66,921,607	80.42
China	9	9,014	62,862,000	79.61
UK	19	12,540	58,594,000	53.34
Spain	8	7,735	55,039,426	81.88
Belgium	7	6,101	48,227,373	90.06
Ukraine	15	13,880	47,671,499	78.12
Taiwan	6	5,144	40,554,219	90.29

  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 3 times.  Now the construction period is about 10 years. Its completion rate as of Dec.2007 was about 74.8%.