Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/18
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Frances Huang
Taipei, Dec. 18 (CNA) State-run utility Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower, 台電) said Sunday
No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant. CNA file photo
that the second reactor at its No. 1 nuclear power plant will go back on line at midnight after being shut down for more than a day.
The reactor was shut down early Saturday morning due to oil leaks in its cooling system, and the problem was fixed at around 1 p.m. Sunday, Taipower said.
Taipower spokesman Lin Te-fu (林德福) said oil leaks in a reactor’s cooling system were not unusual, but the company decided to shut the reactor down and fix the problem for safety’s sake.
Because the plant’s first reactor has been idle since December 2014 after undergoing repairs while waiting approval from the Legislative Yuan to restart operations, the temporary shutdown of the second reactor meant that the plant stopped generating electricity altogether. [FULL STORY]
