OPPOSING SIDES: A petition to scrap the ‘nuclear-free’ law has gained vocal support from up to 1,700 people, while anti-nuclear groups are to stage a protest on Sunday
Taipei Times
DATE: Mar 06, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan / Staff reporter
The Atomic Energy Council yesterday approved Taiwan Power Co’s (Taipower, 台電)
Green Consumers’ Foundation chairman Jay Fang, right, submits a lawsuit yesterday at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office against Atomic Energy Council, Taiwan Power Co and Ministry of Economic Affairs officials who were involved in the decision to restart the No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District. Photo: CNA
application to restart a nuclear reactor, despite strong opposition from environmentalists.
The state-run utility on Feb. 5 filed an application with the council to restart the No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里).
The reactor’s operational license is valid from March 15, 1983, to March 14, 2023, and, if restarted, it is expected to generate 985 megawatts of electricity.
Many environmentalists have objected to the plan, saying it is dangerous to restart an old nuclear reactor that was damaged soon after it was restarted on May 16, 2016. [FULL STORY]