The public awareness of nuclear power in Taiwan has increased markedly especially after the Fukushima nuclear accidents made the nuclear power a contentious front-pages issue. Nowadays, Taiwan has 22% (i.e. 5028 megawatts ) of her energy from the nuclear power produced by three power plants with 6 reactors. In addition to these three power plants, the under-construction nuclear power plant four has never been away from the vortex of public opinion in the past 20 years. The rising environmental and anti-nuclear movements in Taiwan have created no shortage of policy disputes and public concern on the use of nuclear power for electricity generation【1】. It seems to be an irresistible trend to make Taiwan a “nuke-free home”. But it must be a long-term process rather than an immediate action. Before we completely enable to get rid of nuclear power, there are a lot we can do to accelerate the process such as starting an energy saving revolution, developing the technology of renewable energy and even properly making use of the existing nuclear power plants.
1. The condition of Taiwan
After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, an international review of nuclear safety indicated that two of the three nuclear power plants operating in Taiwan were listed as the most dangerous in the world. 【2】According to a survey conducted in August 2011, 66% of the 2819 responders perceived that Taiwan's safety management of nuclear power plants was inferior to Japan's, while 40% perceived a higher possibility of nuclear accidents like that in Japan. Actually, the condition of Taiwan decides that it should create a “nuke-free home”
First of all, Taiwan is a small and geological unstable area that is frequently visited by earthquake, volcanic activity or other na...
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... happens. All the incredible cost, health or economic, will end up being paid by the all Taiwanese rather than Taipower only.
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