SENSITIVE SUBJECT: Groups have called for those in charge of approving the restart to be held accountable after a trip was thought to be triggered by sensors
Taipei Times
Date: Mar 29, 2018
By: Huang Pei-chun, Lin Ching-hua and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer
The No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant which was restarted on Tuesday,
The Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District is pictured yesterday. Photo courtesy of Taiwan Power Co
tripped yesterday during testing, state-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said.
The plant in New Taipei City’s Wanlin District (萬里) was expected to output at full capacity by the end of the week, but a safety mechanism governing the reactor’s steam valve that was set too sensitively triggered a shutdown yesterday afternoon, Taipower said.
The company said it would wait for approval from the Atomic Energy Council before restarting the reactor again.
The reactor had been shutdown since 2016 and underwent an overhaul late last year, with the company applying to the council on Feb. 5 to restart it after repairs were complete.
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