TAIWAN REFERENDUM HALTS NUCLEAR PHASE OUT PLANS AS PUBLIC HOSTILITY BLUNTED BY BURGEONING AIR POLLUTION
December 1st, 2018
TAIWAN’S nuclear power sector is looking to the future with increased optimism, since a referendum rejected plans from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to phase out nuclear power on the archipelago by 2025. The DPP has since the 1980s campaigned for a nuclear-free Taiwan and press ahead with this policy after its election win in 2016. Voters, however, had other ideas, choosing energy security and blocking the policy in a late-November Taiwan-wide vote.
Indeed, 59.5% of nearly 10 million voters favoured eliminating the 2025 deadline within the ...
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