Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/06
By Sunrise Huang, Wu Hsin-yun and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) New Taipei Mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) on Thursday called for a coordinated effort to locate a final site for the disposal of nuclear waste from the first nuclear power plant in the city, noting that decommissioning cannot take place before an environmental impact assessment is conducted.

Chu said the central and local government as well as the ruling and opposition political parties need to work out a solution for the disposal of nuclear waste from the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in the city. Decommissioning was scheduled to start on Wednesday, but could not because of administrative problems.

Chu made the remarks after saying on Wednesday that nuclear waste should never be stored in a heavily populated city.    [FULL  STORY]