4th NPP is under construction. Each NPP has 2 reactors. • Provide 17% power overall, though nuclear comprises only 11% installed capacity. • All operate by Taipower company, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. NPP1 NPP2 NPP3 NPP4
of 2004 completion but failed. Halt construction on April 2014, it has last for 15 years. • Contracts were awarded to GE for the nuclear reactors, Mitsubishi for the turbines and others for the rest--> making it a particularly difficult project to manage.
hiatus plus project management and engineering problems--> from US$ 5.6 billion to 9 billion. • In 2011 the AEC (Taiwan nuclear watchdog) was scathing Taipower's management of the project. AEC Nuclear Regulation Director criticized NPP4 as a “TOTAL FAILURE”.
Rim seismic zone --> frequently experiences earthquakes. • All 4 NPP in Taiwan are built near the coastline, with distances from 1.04 km to 3.37 km--> quickly reached by tsunami. • Different on the evacuation zone population: 20-40km away from capital Taipei, 6 million ppl to evacuate. • Taiwan’s NPP has been chosen as “the most dangerous NPP in the world” by several int’l analysis.
“nuclear phase-out plan” on Nov 3, 2011: No life extension for all 6 operating reactors. NPP4 will bring into commercial operation when safety is guaranteed.
location of NPP1,2,4) publicly expressing his concern on NPP4 safety and the incompetent of AEC together with Tai-power company. • More and more political stakeholders publicly show their concerns/objection on NPP4. • Scandals and corruption within NPP4 being exposed by media become highly frequent.