A national referendum on resuming the mothballed Lungmen nuclear power station project will be held on 28 August, Taiwan’s Central Election Commission has confirmed, Taiwan News reported.
The Lungmen station has been mothballed since July 2014 following environmental protests over what campaigners said were the potential dangers of nuclear power.
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) said it would take at least six to seven years to start commercial operations at the facility in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District in the far north of Taiwan. In February 2019, Taipower said it had ruled out restarting the project.
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