Commentary: Does Taiwan need another nuclear power plant?

Commentary: Does Taiwan need another nuclear power plant? Digitimes Taiwan is building its fourth nuclear power plant. The main island of Taiwan is only 36,193 square kilometers and already houses three nuclear power plants - two of them in New Taipei City in northern Taiwan and one located in Pintung County in the south.http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20130225VL200.html Legislature: Nuke construction to be halted until referendum Focus Taiwan News Channel - Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) Lawmakers from across party lines reached consensus Tuesday that the long-running work of building a new nuclear power plant in northern Taiwan should be suspended until an outcome is achieved of a referendum on the ...http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aALL&ID=201302260042    Taiwan assessing economic costs without 4th Nuclear Power Plant Focus Taiwan News Channel - ‎ Taipei, Feb. 26 (CNA) The Ministry of Economic Affairs said Tuesday that it is assessing the impact on Taiwan's electricity rates and economy of a possible halt to construction of the controversial 4th Nuclear Power Plant. If the power plant does not begin ...http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aECO&ID=201302260037 Opinion poll finds most people opposed to nuclear power and US pork imports Taipei Times - Most people oppose the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant and the importation of US pork containing ractopamine, a public opinion poll found yesterday. The survey, released by Taiwan Indicator Survey Research (TISR), found that 59.6 percent ...http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/02/27/2003555829