FILE PHOTO: A person rides a vehicle as the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant stands in the background, ahead of a referendum on whether to restart the closed facility, in Pingtung, Taiwan August 20, 2025. -Reuters
TAIPEI: His party might be known for advocating a “nuclear-free homeland”, but Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) appears to have left the door open about the use of nuclear power in the future.
Speaking on Aug 23 after a referendum on whether to restart the island’s last nuclear plant was rejected, Lai said: “If, in the future, the technology becomes safer, produces less nuclear waste and social acceptance is greater, we will not rule out advanced nuclear energy.
