Operational failure
Nuclear Power Plant
Maanshan — permanent reactor closure
17 May 2025
Pingtung, Taiwan
Incident location
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21.9600, 120.7400
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What happened
Unit 2 permanently ceased commercial operation. This is a reactor closure, not a nuclear accident or an unplanned outage. This closure left Taiwan with no operating commercial reactor at that time; later policy changes opened a possible restart pathway.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Nuclear Power Plant
- Current temperature
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- Latitude
- 21.9600°
- Longitude
- 120.7400°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.