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🇹🇼 Chin Shan

Name: Chin Shan
Address: Taiwan

Nuclear power plant · Taiwan

Shut Down

Capacity≈1,208 MW

Units2

First Online1978

Construction Start1972

Shut Down2019

Reactor TypeBWR

Coordinates25.292, 121.567

Chin Shan is a nuclear power station in Taiwan. Of its 2 recorded unit(s), 2 permanently shut down. Combined net capacity of the operating units is about 1,208 MW. The first unit reached commercial operation in 1978. Reactor technology on site: BWR.

Reactor units at Chin Shan

Unit	Status	Reactor type	Net capacity	Key dates
Chin Shan-1	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	604 MW	Construction 1972 · Grid 1978 · Shutdown 2018
Chin Shan-2	Shut Down	BWR BWR-4 (Mark 1)	604 MW	Construction 1973 · Grid 1979 · Shutdown 2019

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