‘A PENDING DISASTER’: A geological survey shows that there are five active fault lines near New Taipei City’s Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, an academic said
Taipei Tiomes
Date: Sep 24, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The nation’s Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should not be activated, because a geological survey has
National Taiwan University Department of Geosciences professor Chen Wen-shan, left, accompanied by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Lin Shu-fen, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.
Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
The survey shows that there are five active faults near the mothballed power plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮), which has never been put into operation, National Taiwan University Department of Geosciences professor Chen Wen-shan (陳文山) said at a news conference.
For safety reasons, the plant should not be activated as recommended by Kaohsiung Mayor and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), as well as some advocates of nuclear energy, Chen added.
If the government ultimately decides to proceed with the project, the plant would be incapable of withstanding a strong earthquake because it is not designed to do so, he said. [FULL STORY]
