Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant

The village of Qianhua, in Shimen District, Taipei, primarily populated by a family surnamed Lien, was demolished to construct the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant as a response to the 1970s energy crisis, and incorporated into the Ten Major Construction Projects in 1973.{{cite news |author1=Han Cheung |title=Taiwan in Time: The dawn of Taiwan's nuclear age |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2021/11/14/2003767838 |access-date=13 November 2021 |work=Taipei Times |date=14 November 2021}}

Jinshan began generating power on 16 November 1977, and started commercial operations in December 1978.

The power plant can generate 9 billion kWh of electricity per year.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/04/10/2003587711 |title=Taipower mulls extending use of three nuclear plants |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-24 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}

The two spent fuel pools at the plant have 3,074 and 3,076 spent nuclear fuel assemblies, respectively, with a maximum storage of 3,083 assemblies per pool.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/05/28/2003647293|title=Nuclear power rotation plan mulled|date=28 May 2016|publisher=}}

Taipower, as the operator of the power plant, was required by the Radiation Monitoring Center of the Atomic Energy Council to hand in the 2018 decommissioning plans for the plant by December 2015 for the authority to review all of the plans before the decommissioning date. Once the reactors have been shut down, the plant should be dismantled within 25 years.

Taipower plans to allocate NT$18.2 billion for the disposal of nuclear waste from the decommissioned plant over the next 25 years. Currently Taipower is doing feasibility study of building a nuclear waste storage facility on an uninhabited island around Taiwan.{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201603010030.aspx|title=Taipower mulling plan for nuclear waste treatment|date=March 2016 |publisher=}}

The July 2013 Typhoon Soulik caused a trip to the generator and turbine of the power plant Unit-2 because one suspension ground line failed and hit the transmission line when the typhoon hit the island on 13–14 July. The typhoon also caused the seawater inlet to be blocked by large amount of debris and damaged three fine filters, traveling filter rake and the plant's switchyard. The damage caused the plant to be offline for several days.{{cite web|url=http://www.nucnet.org/all-the-news/2013/07/16/taiwan-s-chinshan-2-faces-repairs-after-typhoon-shutdown |title=Taiwan's Chinshan-2 Faces Repairs After Typhoon Shutdown |publisher=Nucnet.org |date=2013-06-25 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/RS_Taiwan_reactor_offline_after_typhoon_1607131.html |title=Taiwan reactor offline after typhoon |publisher=World-nuclear-news.org |date=2013-07-16 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}

In August 2013, it was reported that there might have been radioactive water leaks for three years from the storage pools of the nuclear power plant's two reactors. Official from Taipower said that the water might come from different sources, such as condensation water or water used for cleaning up the floors. The water however has been collected in a reservoir next to the storage pools used for spent nuclear rods and has been recycled back into the storage pools, thus is claimed to pose no threat to the environment.{{cite news|author=08/09/2013 12:07 am EDT |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/09/taiwan-nuclear-power-plant-leak_n_3729659.html |title=Taiwan's First Nuclear Power Plant In Shihmen May Have Been Leaking Radioactive Water For 3 Years |publisher=Huffingtonpost.com |date= 2013-08-09|accessdate=2014-05-01}}

In December 2013, the circulating pump of the second reactor tripped due to the low lube oil pressure which caused a built-in lube oil pump. The Atomic Energy Council was criticized due to their very slow respond in giving answers to the public only 10 hours after the trip.{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/12/18/2003579283 |title=AEC criticized on Jinshan plant safety |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2014-04-24 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}

On 4 August 2016, smoke rose out from the power plant resulted from unstable voltage frequency which caused external circuit breakers to trip and produced smoke.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2016/08/06/474618/Smoke-at.htm |title=Smoke at Nuke No. 1 traced to 'irregular' generator - the China Post |access-date=2016-08-06 |archive-date=2016-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808035501/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2016/08/06/474618/Smoke-at.htm |url-status=dead }}

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