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A national referendum on activating Taiwan’s long-mothballed Lungmen nuclear power plant in New Taipei will be held on 28 August, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said on 20 January, confirming a date that had already been decided under the term of the Referendum Act.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Friday, 29 January 2021
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstaiwan-to-hold-august-referendum-on-restarting-lungmen-8476909
The Lungmen station has been mothballed since July 2014 following environmental protests over what campaigners said were the potential dangers of nuclear power.
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said it would take at least six to seven years to start commercial operations at the facility in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District in the far north of Taiwan. In February 2019, Taipower said it had ruled out restarting the project.
The project was earlier postponed due to additional fund requirements of $1.16-$1.45bn, increasing the total cost of the project to $7.8-$8.1bn. Although construction began in 1997, the plant has been delayed by political arguments and high material prices. Construction was temporarily halted in 2000 and resumed again in 2001. By December 2011, the project was more than 90% complete.
- Source: Nucnet
- Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Original article: nucnet.org/news/commission-confirms-referendum-will-be-held-on-lungmen-restart-1-2-2021
Hitachi announced today it will end its business operations on the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power plant construction project, which it had suspended in January 2019 "because it was clear that further time was needed to decide on a financing structure". Horizon Nuclear Power, the UK project developer that Hitachi acquired in November 2012, said it will now take steps for the "orderly closing down" of all its current development activities, but will "keep the lines of communication open" with government and other key stakeholders regarding future options at both its sites, which in addition to Wylfa Newydd on Anglesey, include Oldbury on Severn in South Gloucestershire.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 17 September 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Hitachi-withdraws-from-UK-new-build-project
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest Clean Energy Progress Track report published on 11 June, assesses the full range of energy technologies and sectors.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Tuesday, 16 June 2020
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-says-nuclear-is-not-on-track-to-meet-sustainability-goals-7973661
As a result of higher energy consumption, CO2 emissions rose 1.7% last year and hit a new record, according to the latest data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Paris-based agency’s Global Energy & CO2 Status Report, released today, shows that the global energy system emitted 33 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2018.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IEA-demands-increase-in-clean-energy-as-emissions
State-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) on 31 January ruled out starting up the Lungmen nuclear power plant, dismissing suggestions that it would take only three years.
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Wednesday, 06 February 2019
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newstaipower-rules-out-operation-of-lungmen-6970272
The Taiwanese government will proceed with its plan to phase out the use of nuclear energy, despite citizens voting against the policy in a recent referendum, the country's economic minister announced yesterday.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Friday, 01 February 2019
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Taiwan-government-maintains-nuclear-phase-out
Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said it plans to decommission unit 1 of its Chinshan nuclear power plant following the expiration of the reactor's operating licence today after 40 years of operation. However, the utility must first be granted a decommissioning permit before work can begin.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/First-Taiwanese-reactor-to-enter-decommissioning
Agneta Rising, director general of World Nuclear Association, urges policy makers gathered at COP24 - the 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - to recognise the longstanding role of nuclear power in the low-carbon energy mix.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-COP-24-help-the-climate-with-nuclear-pol
The Taiwanese people have voted against the government's policy to phase out the use of nuclear energy by 2025 in a referendum held alongside local elections on 24 November.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Monday, 26 November 2018
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Taiwanese-vote-to-keep-nuclear-in-energy-mix