Voters in Taiwan are casting ballots on whether to restart the Maanshan nuclear plant, shut down in May under a pledge to phase out nuclear power by 2025. Five public debates before the referendum highlighted sharp divisions over national security, economic implications and environmental risks. Beijing’s increased military pressure raised concerns that a blockade could rapidly deplete natural gas supplies, while other analysts say consumption would fall and reserves could last longer. Anti-nuclear activists warn of earthquake risks and cite Fukushima as a cautionary example. Historically, Taiwan operated six reactors across three sites, each expected to run for 40 years.
Going nuclear-free would undermine national security,
If [China's] People's Liberation Army blockades Taiwan, our natural gas would last less than ten days,
would go down, or even halve, in the case of a blockade, so the reserves could last longer.
Taiwan faces earthquake-related risks that cannot be underestimated. The Fukushima accident is a warning we must heed,
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