Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-03-16
The state-owned Taiwan Power Company said Thursday that the country’s number four nuclear power plant will remain mothballed and that its spent nuclear fuel will be shipped away. The decision has drawn criticism from senior members of local business associations.
The administration has set a goal of completely abolishing nuclear power generation by 2025. Taipower said the number four plant will not come online, and its 1,744 spent nuclear fuel rods will be sent to its US manufacturer for reprocessing by 2020. The plant was mothballed when nearly complete when public opinion in Taiwan turned decisively against nuclear power following the Fukushima meltdown in Japan in 2011.
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