Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/07/06
By: Kuo Hsing-yi and William Yen
Taipei, July 6 (CNA) Operators started lowering the power from the second reactor at the
CNA file photo
No. 2 nuclear power plant in New Taipei at 8 p.m. Friday ahead of the reactor being taken offline early Saturday for inspections, state-run utility Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said.
As of around 10 p.m. Friday, the reactor was generating 273,500 kilowatts and running at just below 28 percent capacity, Taipower data showed.
The inspections are scheduled because the vibration calibration of one of the reactor’s side bearings needs to be adjusted, Taipower said, though it noted the vibrations were still within an allowable range of operation.
The inspections are expected to be completed within a day and the reactor is scheduled to be back online generating power by Saturday evening, Taipower said. [FULL STORY]