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Modern air-conditioned, automated and well-shielded storage facilities have been constructed to ensure enough storage capacity to accommodate all the anticipated LLRW at each NPP. These include two 40,000 drums facilities at Kuosheng NPP, a 23,000 drums and a 40,000 drums facility at Chinshan NPP and a 31,000 drums facility at Maanshan NPP.
*Unit: 55 gallon drums
Nuclear power plants low level radioactive waste storage status
Last Update: May 16, 2023
Nuclear power plants low level radioactive waste storage status
(April 2023)
(April 2023)
Modern air-conditioned, automated and well-shielded storage facilities have been constructed to ensure enough storage capacity to accommodate all the anticipated LLRW at each NPP. These include two 40,000 drums facilities at Kuosheng NPP, a 23,000 drums and a 40,000 drums facility at Chinshan NPP and a 31,000 drums facility at Maanshan NPP.
Plant | Solidified | Spent Resin | Combustible | Compressible | Others | Total |
Chinshan | 9,135 | 6,741 | 7,630 | 11,637 | 9,769 | 44,912 |
Kuosheng | 26,937 | 11,627 | 1,444 | 2,040 | 17,168 | 59,216 |
Maanshan | 2,993 | 2,300 | 1,528 | 1,780 | 1,340 | 9,941 |
Total | 39,065 | 20,668 | 10,602 | 15,457 | 28,277 | 114,069 |