Cabinet Says It Will Cancel Plan to Abolish Nuclear Energy by 2025

The News Lens
Date: 2018/12/06
By: Nick Aspinwall

Taiwan’s Executive Yuan agreed today to halt its policy of making the island nuclear-free by 2025, after voters backed a Nov. 24 referendum item supporting nuclear power.

The move comes after President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said last week that her administration’s goal of phasing out nuclear power by 2025 remained unchanged, despite the results of the referendum.

The country’s Cabinet approved a proposal to abolish the first paragraph of Article 95 of the Electricity Act, which states the government’s goal to deactivate Taiwan’s nuclear power plants. Tsai had used this paragraph as part of her campaign platform during her successful presidential run in 2016.

Executive Yuan spokeswoman Kolas Yotaka said on Thursday the proposed repeal of the paragraph will be submitted to Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan for review.    [FULL  STORY]