Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-05-08

The head of the state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has rejected concerns that

Taipower chair Yang Wei-fuu receives Taipower Building’s platinum LEED certification on Tuesday.

the government has settled on New Taipei as a location for the disposal of low-grade nuclear waste.

On Tuesday, Taipower chair Yang Wei-fuu accepted the highest grade of LEED certification for the company’s 36-year-old Taipower Building in Taipei. LEED – Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design – recognizes a building’s energy-saving and environmentally-friendly design features. Yang said Taipower Building is able to save 1.6 million units of electricity and 4,000 tonnes of water each year, making it a “virtual electricity plant.”

Yang also addressed concerns over a recent move by the Atomic Energy Council to include Taiwan’s special municipalities as potential sites for the location of a final storage place for the nation’s low-grade nuclear waste. Reports had speculated that the government had already settled on New Taipei for such a site, given that two of Taiwan’s functioning nuclear plants are located in the municipality.    [FULL  STORY]