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Taiwan's energy dependence is 'Achilles heel' amid immense threat by China

Taiwan holds referendum on nuclear power restart after shutting last plant in May, with experts warning energy imports create ...

Taiwan nuclear referendum fails to meet legal threshold, but president signals openness to future use

Taiwan’s referendum on reopening its last nuclear power plant failed to meet the legal threshold, despite majority support ...

Taiwan weighs return to nuclear power amid AI surge and China fears

Nuclear power generated more than half of Taiwan’s electricity in the 1980s, but in May state-owned utility TaiPower switched off the final of six reactors after its 40-year operating licence expired.
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Taiwan keeps ‘advanced nuclear energy’ door ajar despite referendum setback

Taiwan’s President William Lai on Saturday signaled his government’s openness to adopting “advanced nuclear energy” in the future, hours after a referendum to restart the island’s last nuclear plant ...
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Why the Island Should Shore Up Its Energy Security and Resurrect Its Nuclear Reactors

STEVEN CHU is Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and of Energy Science and Engineering at Stanford University and ...
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Taiwan Voters Cast Ballots To Decide Future of Nuclear Energy

Taiwan voters are heading to the polls on Saturday to decide whether to restart the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant in southern ...