Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/06
By: Huang Ya-chuan and Ko Lin
Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) A move to dispose of Taiwan’s uranium reserves is expected to be
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completed within two years, at a planned cost of NT$150 million (US$4.96 million), Atomic Energy Council Minister Hsieh Shou-shing (謝曉星) said Monday.
A memorandum of understanding was drafted between the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) and an unnamed contractor earlier this year to remove the uranium reserves, Hsieh said in a committee hearing at the legislature.
Hsieh told legislators that an earlier draft was initially agreed between the AEC and French multinational group AREVA TN, but fell through for unspecified reasons.
Negotiations to remove the uranium reserves are ongoing with a new contractor and hopefully the deal will soon be finalized, Hsieh said, adding that the uranium reserves would be shipped out of Taiwan by 2019. [FULL STORY]