Lungmen Start-up -- Forlorn Hope?

摘要

“We had hoped Nuclear Four could bridge the gap until renewable energy became feasible,” Taiwan Power Vice President Tsai Fu-feng said on Sep. 8, referring to the two mothballed advanced boiling water reactors (ABWRs) at the utility’s Lungmen plant, “but the government has made its decision.” State-owned TaiPower is now focused on sealing the GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy-supplied ABWRs, he explained. “The purpose of the sealing project is no longer to keep options open for commercial operation but to preserve the assets and equipment here in the best condition for whatever the government decides,” said Tsai, who is also CEO of TaiPower’s nuclear power division.