If the reactor passes inspection and the request is approved, a vote on reactivation will go to the Nat. Legislature
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/02/06
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – On Monday, Feb. 5, the Taipower Company submitted an
Taipower Logo (Image from Flickr user Arion Potts)
application to Taiwan’s Atomic Energy Council (AEC) for authorization to restart a nuclear reactor at the No. 2 nuclear plant in Wanli, New Taipei.
Taipower has asserted that in light of Taiwan’s new energy policies, and increased energy usage during the Winter months, that there may be a looming power shortage facing the country.
In response however, various environmental groups and some legislators have raised their voices in objection that Taipower would even consider such an action.
Ever since the tsunami and resulting nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi plant that occurred in Japan in 2011, the movement for Taiwan to become a completely nuclear free country has gained considerable momentum, and the DPP led goverment has pledged to have a completely “nuclear-free” Taiwan by 2025. [FULL STORY]
