TAIPEI -- Taiwan's Kuosheng Nuclear Power Plant 2 reactor 1 shut down last week, six months before its scheduled retirement on Dec. 27 due to spent fuel-storage capacity constraints that prevent it from being refueled.
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The reactor head inside the Taipower Kuosheng nuclear power station unit 2 in in Taiwan. The plant's reactor 1 was shut down last week. © Reuters
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