Taiwan will still have enough electricity even if it shuts down all 3 nuclear power plants. # 4 nuclear power plant is under construction regardless Fukushima's lessons.
Government seeking to reduce nuclear reliance without sincerity
2012/08/18 21:19:59
.......Abandoning nuclear power requires careful deliberation, said Hsu Sheng-hsiung, chairman of the Chinese National Federation of Industries, one of the meeting participants.
The high cost of a nuclear-free society will not only influence business operations but also individuals, he added........ (W T F???)
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201208180025
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Indeed, the risk of nuclear power plants hit by an earthquake in Taiwan is very high, as 朱淑娟 (Shu-Chuan Chu) points out:
核電廠距離經過金山海岸的「山腳斷層」只有5到7公里。核四廠址5公里內就有6條「非活動斷層」，且貢寮核四廠址的半徑80公里海域內，有70幾座海底火山，其中的11座更處於活火山的狀態。
The first and second nuclear power plants are five to seven kilometers [km] away from the Shanjiao Fault
in the Kinshan coastal area. The fourth nuclear power plant is less
than five km away from six inactive faults. In addition, within a radius
of 80 km of the fourth nuclear power plant, there are more than 70
undersea volcanoes, 11 of them are active.
核一廠耐震設計是0.3g，核二、核三、核四為0.4g，遠不如日本核電廠原本的耐震設計0.6g（g為重力加速度）。日本核電廠為了因應強震，已開始進行耐震強度提昇工程到1.0g，但台灣卻仍無視於地震的威脅。
Kenting #3 Nuclear Power Plant, Taiwan
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| Beach near Kenting nuclear plant, Taiwan. Image by Flickr user impaulsive photography (CC BY 2.0). |
[In Taiwan] The anti-earthquake design is 0.3g [g = measure of peak ground acceleration]
for the first nuclear power plant and 0.4g for the second, third, and
fourth plants. They are far weaker than the anti-earthquake design in
Japan, which is [typically] 0.6g. Due to its strong earthquakes, Japan
plans to have 1.0g anti-earthquake design for new nuclear power plants.
Nevertheless, not many people in Taiwan care about the earthquake
threat.
Because of the geographical similarities, 菊地洋一
(Yoichi Kikuchi), a Japanese expert in nuclear power plants, warns that
nuclear power plants in Taiwan may have similar structure-related
problems as those observed in Japan:
台灣的核一、核二廠所用的反應爐與日本都是屬於同一型，而且兩國都是多地震國家，所以在日本發生的問題，台灣不可能會沒有 問題。最近的 BWR 型屬使用最高品質的 SUS316L 製造 (材料的質地較軟，因此較不容易產生裂痕的現象) ；各電力公司一再強調，這種材料絕對不會發生裂痕問題。可是實際上它還是發生了，這次日本東京電力公司隱瞞事件(註: 2002年)中也發現，其它的部分同樣也有裂痕。
台灣核電廠全停掉電都夠用 圖片來源：黃明堂.
The nuclear reactors in the first and second
nuclear power plants in Taiwan are similar to many nuclear reactors in
Japan. Since there are frequent earthquakes in Taiwan and Japan, what
has happened in Japan will also happen in Taiwan. The recent design of
the Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) has adopted high-quality SUS317L stainless steel
as the construction material, which is softer and has fewer cracking
problems, and all the nuclear power companies have kept stressing that
this material will never develop cracks. In the current accident
[Fukushima], we have seen the cracks. In fact, far back in 2002, cracks
were found in the BWR in the investigation of the Tokyo electric power company scandal.
To summarize, the nuclear power plants in Taiwan are not immune to
the natural forces that destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/16/taiwan-countrys-nuclear-power-plants-are-high-risk/
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Retired
Taiwan Power Co technician Lee Kuei-lin,
left,
accompanied by Democratic Progressive Party
Legislator
Tien Chiu-chin, yesterday explains the
seriousness
of recent accidents at the Guosheng Nuclear
Power
Plant at the legislature.Jun 19, 2012
Photo: Wang Min-wei, Taipei Times |
Cracks of up to 30cm have been found on the core shroud of the No.1
reactor at the idled Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in Wanli District
(萬里), New Taipei City (新北市), an Atomic Energy Council official has
confirmed.
Civic groups yesterday warned against reactivating the plant.
In
addition to unsettled concerns about cracked anchor bolts at the
reactor, Green Consumers Foundation chairman Jay Fang (方儉) revealed that
two cracks were found on welded parts of the core shroud, which Fang
said could lead to disaster if the reactor is reactivated without
repairs.
Deputy Director of the Atomic Energy Council’s (AEC)
Department of Nuclear Regulation Chen Yi-pin (陳宜彬) was quoted by the
Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper)
yesterday as having confirmed on Sunday that the two long cracks were
discovered during routine checkup and maintenance in March.
The
core shroud is a large cylinder of circumferentially welded plates made
of stainless steel, surrounding the reactor fuel core, which is composed
of fuel rods assembled into bundles.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taiwan
currently has 4884 MWe of nuclear power capacity by means of 3 active
plants and 6 reactors, which makes up around 8.1% of its national energy
consumption. The technology chosen for the reactors has been General Electric BWR technology for 2 plants and Westinghouse PWR technology for the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant is currently under construction, but has encountered public opposition and a host of delays.
Active seismic faults run across the island, and some environmentalists argue Taiwan is unsuited for nuclear plants. A 2011 Natural Resources Defense Council
report that evaluated the seismic hazard to reactors worldwide, as
determined by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program data, placed
all of Taiwan's reactors within the highest risk group of 12 reactors
within very high seismic hazard areas, along with some of Japan's reactors.
The Lanyu nuclear waste storage facility was built on Orchid Island (Lanyu) in 1982. The plant receives nuclear waste from Taiwan's three nuclear power plants operated by state utility Taiwan Power Company
(Taipower). About 100,000 barrels of nuclear waste from the nation’s
three operational nuclear power plants have been stored at the Lanyu
complex.[3]
In 2002 and 2012, there were major protests from local residents,
calling on Taipower to remove the nuclear waste from the island.
Organization
Nuclear waste controversy
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| Nuclear Waste Deposit site in Orchid Island. http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/search/search_ meta.jsp?xml_id=0002736523&dofile=getImage. jsp?d=1320330870959&id=0002741775&filenam e=cca200103-hp-0983_c_b18188514-0001-i.jpg |
In 2002, almost 2,000 protesters, including many Aboriginal residents of Taiwan's Orchid Island staged a sit-in in front of the storage plant, calling on Taipower to remove nuclear waste from the island.
One of the most serious issues
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They were also protesting against the government's failure to keep its pledge to withdraw 100,000 barrels of low-level nuclear waste from their isle by the end of 2002. In a bid to allay safety concerns, Taipower has pledged to repackage the waste since many of the iron barrels used for storage have become rusty from the island's salty and humid air. Taipower has for years been exploring ways to ship the nuclear waste overseas for final storage, but plans to store the waste in an abandoned North Korean coal mine have met with strong protests from neighboring
South Korea and Japan due to safety and environmental concerns, while storage in Russia or China is complicated by political factors. Taipower is "trying to convince the islanders to extend the storage arrangement for another nine years in exchange for payment of NT$200 million (about $5.7 million)".
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| Furious Tao people protest against nuclear waste by burning evil spirits away. June 1995 http://nrch.cca.gov.tw/ccahome/getImage.jsp?d=1320330912976&id=0000864737&filename=cca220001-hp-cdn0016041-0001-i.jpg |
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Following the Fukushima I nuclear accidents in Japan, nuclear energy has emerged as a contentious issue.
In March 2011, around 2,000 anti-nuclear protesters demonstrated in
Taiwan for an immediate halt to the construction of the island's fourth
nuclear power plant. The protesters were also opposed to plans to extend
the lifespan of three existing nuclear plants.
On the eve of World Environment Day
in June 2011, environmental groups demonstrated against Taiwan's
nuclear power policy. The Taiwan Environmental Protection Union,
together with 13 environmental groups and legislators, gathered in
Taipei with banners that read: "I love Taiwan, not nuclear disasters". They protested against the nation’s three operating nuclear power
plants and the construction of a fourth plant. They also called for "all
nuclear power plants to be thoroughly re-evaluated and shut down
immediately if they fail to pass safety inspections".
According to Wang To-far, economics professor at National Taipei University, "if a level-seven nuclear crisis were to happen in Taiwan, it would destroy the nation".
George Hsu, a professor of applied economics at National Chung Hsing
University in central Taiwan, said nuclear power plants in quake-prone
areas need to be redesigned to make them more resistant, an investment
that would reduce their original cost advantage.
The retirement of existing nuclear reactors was a significant issue in the 2012 presidential election.
Original http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_Taiwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------Taiwan's nuclear nightmare?
A fourth nuclear plant got the go-ahead, but activists say a disaster worse than Fukushima is on the horizon.
Cain NunnsMarch 7, 2012 07:00
A fourth nuclear plant got the go-ahead, but activists say a disaster worse than Fukushima is on the horizon.
TAIPEI, Taiwan — In the year since Japan's Fukushima disaster, much of
the world has turned away from nuclear power. Germany has plans to close
down all of its nuclear plants by 2022, and Japan has already shut down
all 54 reactors.
But Taiwan is not following suit. Despite campaign promises to move
Taiwan away from nuclear power, the newly re-elected President Ma
Ying-jou has vowed to go forward with the opening of a contentious
fourth nuclear power plant.
Taiwanese anti-nuclear activists are crying foul, saying that more than
feeling betrayed by Ma, they believe the Longmen plant is simply not
safe. It puts the general population at great risk, they say, and could
lead to further nuclear investments on this earthquake- and
tsunami-prone island.
In the run up to January’s presidential poll, and in the wake of Fukushima,
Ma said all the right things to an electorate that had grown
disenchanted with the benefits of cheap nuclear power for a
resource-strapped country that imports 99 percent of its energy needs. (Keep reading......
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/120305/taiwan-nuclear-power-plant-longmen-lungmenhttp://blog.udn.com/karl6406/4984055
Anti nuclear protests Taiwan
No Nuke Taiwan Students Movement野薑花學生反核運動
No Nuke Troop 反核部隊
Zero Nuke Taiwan我家不用核電
No Nuclear EARTH 無核地球
Nuclear Free Movement Taiwan Video
Gongliao # 4 Nuclear Power Plant
The [nuclear ] plant is only 8 kilometers away from watershed of Feitsui Resevoir, the major source of drinking water for Taipei residents.
About 7 million people could die as a result of a nuclear disaster at the plant
the plant ‘s safety has been constantly questioned by domestic nuclear experts… Like Japan, Taiwan is also prone to massive earthquakes.....
The View from Taiwan: Nuclear Round Up
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Nuclear Power Emerges as Election Issue
Although the presidential race has mostly been about pocketbook concerns
and, to a lesser extent, Taiwan’s relationship with China, the leading
challenger has made the elimination of Taiwan’s reliance on nuclear
energy a central plank of her campaign. Pollsters and analysts say that
the challenger, Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party, has a
good chance of unseating the incumbent, Ma Ying-jeou, whose party has long been a reliable backer of nuclear energy.
- Taiwan has six nuclear power reactors operating, and two advanced reactors are under construction.
- Nuclear power is considerably cheaper than alternatives. (( Lies plus ignorance))
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Nuclear Power in Taiwan
Taiwan imports 99% of its energy, which is vital to the rapidly industrialising economy.
Electricity demand was growing at almost 5% per year, but this is
slowing to about 3.3% pa to 2013. Nuclear power has been a significant
part of the electricity supply for two decades and now provides one
quarter of base-load power and 17% overall, though nuclear comprises
only 11% of 46 GWe installed capacity. Coal-fired plants comprise 26%
of capacity and in 2008 delivered 38% of the power. LNG provides 20% of
the power. Total power generated in 2008 was 238 billion kWh, nuclear
being 17% of this, 40.8 billion kWh gross, 39.3 TWh net.
The three nuclear plants comprise four General Electric boiling water
reactors and two Westinghouse pressurised water reactors. Construction
of the first unit began in 1972. They are all operated by the utility
Taipower, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs and were expected to
have 40-year lifetimes. Five of the six units had undergone minor
uprates by the end of 2008, resulting in net 44 MWe increase.
Operating Taiwan nuclear power reactors
| Units | type | MWe gross | MWe net | Start up* | Licenced to |
| Chinshan 1 | BWR | 636 | 604 | 1978 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinshan 2 | BWR | 636 | 604 | 1979 | 2019 |
| Kuosheng 1 | BWR | 985 | 948 | 1981 | 2021 |
| Kuosheng 2 | BWR | 985 | 948 | 1983 | 2023 |
| Maanshan 1 | PWR | 951 | 900 | 1984 | 2024 |
| Maanshan 2 | PWR | 951 | 923 | 1985 | 2025 |
| Total (6) | 4927 MWe net | ||||
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