Start to Focus The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant (核四) project

         (The Construction site of fourth nuclear power plant, photo from  http://tw.epochtimes.com)

       Construction of the plant began in 1997, but has been delayed by political controversy. In 2000, a decision to halt construction was a factor in the resignation of Premier Tang Fei. Several years latter, reports and nuclear experts said that many insiders liked this decision -- they had known that Longmen will be a very dangerous nuclear power plant.  

In 2007, Unit-1 was expected to come online in July 2009, with Unit-2 following in July 2010.

In March 2009, Taiwan Power Co.(which is a state-owned electric power utility providing electric power to Taiwan and off-shore islands of Taiwan.)had to delay the start of commercial operations at its Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant by additional two years to 2011 and ask the government for more funds, company spokeswoman Tu Yueh-Yuan said. The budget for the plant's two units was originally NT$233.55 billion (US$6.77 billion), but now Taiwan Power wants to ask the government for about NT$40 billion more. The figures are not final, as the final new budget must be approved by the government.

    Commercial operations at the Unit-1 was planned to start in December 2011 instead of July 2009, but have been delayed again. "The control and information system will be installed much later than we expected, which is the cause of the delay", said Tu, adding the Unit-2 will likely start commercial operations one year after the first one.Following the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, commercial operations may be further delayed.

(adapted from Wiki)