The Lungmen Nuclear Power Project will be the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant of Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). After an intensive competition, the General Electric Company (GE) was formally noticed to proceed on October 16, 1996. With one year's strenuous efforts with support and assistance from the NSSS Contractor, BOP A/E and T/G Contractor, Taipower Completed the Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR), and submitted a Construction Permit (CP) application to the nuclear power licensing authority on October 16, 1997. The Construction Permit was issued on March 17, 1999, which signaled the official beginning of the construction project. By the end of January 31, 2000, the project was about 30% completed, including 80% completion on engineering design, 54% procurement, and 12% construction. The most construction and equipment procurement specifications / drawings are being processed by the major Contractors, and reviewed by Taipower progressively.

In order to enhance the safety, reliability, operability, and maintainability for the new plant, Taipower has incorporated its three existing plants' operation experiences and design modifications with international nuclear industries' successful experiences in the technical requirements of the project. Besides, the use of available advance construction techniques and the improvement on project management approaches lead to shorten the project schedule and to ensure the quality of the project. Computerized Information Management System is also being used to implement the Configuration Management Plan to effectively control and ensure the as-built systems and its future operations, consistent with the approved and / or accepted technical requirements including the approved design bases as well as changes throughout the lifetime of the plant. At this moment, Taipower is devoting its best efforts in completion of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Project which should be safer, more reliable, and easier to operate, so that the public confidence in nuclear power can be enhanced.