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Date: 2018/11/30
By: International Community Radio Taipei (ICRT)
Credit: CEphoto / Uwe Aranas
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said her administration’s goal of making Taiwan a nuclear-free homeland by 2025 remains unchanged, despite the passage of a referendum opposing the policy.
The statement comes after the Cabinet announced earlier this week that Taiwan will no longer stick to the goal of becoming nuclear-free by 2025.
In her first public comments since the ballot, Tsai said the goal of phasing out nuclear power in Taiwan is part of the Basic Environment Act.
Taiwan would scrap its plans to eliminate nuclear power by 2025. Tsai Ing-wen now says otherwise.
According to Tsai, the passage of a referendum against closing nuclear power facilities by the 2025 deadline does not mean the goal of creating a nuclear-free homeland must be abandoned. [FULL STORY]
