Taiwan Considers Keeping Nuclear Reactors on Emergency Standby
- Government to maintain reactors if power tight: vice president
- The island has planned to phase out nuclear power by 2025
The Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao, Taiwan.
Photographer: Lam Yik Fei/Getty Images
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Taiwan is considering keeping nuclear power plants on standby in case of emergencies, signaling a loosening of policy to phase out the energy source.
The government plans to maintain shut reactors so that they could be restarted in an emergency, Taipei-based United Daily News reported, citing Vice President Lai Ching-te, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate. It’s the first time the government has signaled it’s possible to restart plants, United Daily News said.