Premier Lin Chuan says that he is looking into the possibility of reactivating the number one reactor at Taiwan’s First Nuclear Power Plant. That’s in light of a possible tight power supply this summer.
The reactor in question was shut down for repairs 17 months ago.
Cabinet spokesman Tung Chen-yuan later said that the reactor would only be reactivated if it was proven safe to do so.
The new government of President Tsai Ing-wen is hoping to decommission all three of Taiwan’s nuclear power plants by 2025.
When asked whether restarting a reactor would go against the government’s policy of making Taiwan nuclear-free, Lin responded by saying that the government’s goal was the same, and that the reactor in question was still scheduled to be decommissioned in 2018.