STARTING OVER? The council said it would form a committee to review the report and conduct a field examination before it makes a decision on restarting the reactor

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 10, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan and Huang Pei-chun  /  Staff reporters

The Atomic Energy Council (AEC) yesterday said it has received state-run Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower, 台電) application to restart the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant’s No. 2 reactor, which was shut down by its safety mechanism on March 28.

The plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) is equipped with two 985-megawatt reactors.

Its No. 1 reactor is one of the two currently operating nuclear reactors in the nation.

The council last month approved Taipower’s application to restart the reactor, which became operational on March 27. However, a shutdown was triggered the following day due to a problem with its steam valve.    [FULL  STORY]