PROTESTORS URGE GOVERNMENT TO KEEP 'NUCLEAR-FREE' PROMISE|蔡上任後首場廢核遊行 促政府展現行動力

March 11th marked the 6th anniversary of Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster. Yesterday, anti-nuclear groups held a protest, the first of its kind since President Tsai Ing-wen took office. They called upon the government to remove nuclear waste stored on Orchid Island and to fulfill its promise to create a "nuclear-free homeland" by 2025. Taiwan Power Company said that they have already been working on plans such as decommissioning nuclear power plants. They will carry out their plans to remove nuclear waste stored on Orchid Island. President Tsai said on her Facebook that Taiwan will be able to phase out nuclear power and achieve the goal of generating 20 percent of electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Shouting slogans, anti-nuclear protestors urged the government to meet its pledge to phase out nuclear power by 2025, and to remove nuclear waste stored on Orchid Island. Many brought their children to the protest, asking the government to face up to the hazards of nuclear waste pollution. ==SHAOLING SU-FANGAS protestor== We are here to beat the big monster today. My mother and father told me that there is a parent-child activity here, which we have to bring our instruments. ==BALI NANGAVULAN protestor == It does not matter whether we are using nuclear energy in the future or not. Nuclear power waste stored on Orchid Island should be removed first. Last year, President Tsai Ing-wen promised to create a nuclear-free homeland by 2025 in her presidential campaign. However, until now, Taiwan Power Company has not found a new permanent site to relocate nuclear waste. The indigenous Tao people of Orchid Island therefore came to Taipei, and staged a sit-in protest. ==LIN CHENG-WEN Orchid Island resident== It has been 30 years, and there have been no progress. We fall behind the trend to stop using nuclear power. President Tsai also proposed to develop renewable sources, increasing the amount of electricity generated by it from 4 percent to 20 percent by 2025 to get rid of nuclear power. Anti-nuclear groups hoped that the goal of a nuclear-free homeland is not just an empty promise. ==TSUI SU-HSIN Secretary-general of Green Citizens' Action Alliance== We hope that the Ministry of Economic Affairs can develop good energy management and emergency response plans. We also hope that it can expedite the development of energy saving methods and renewable sources so as to working through the transition period. Similar anti-nuclear protests were held in Kaohsiung and Taitung, asking the government to speed up the pace of making energy transition plans. Taipower said that they have already been working on plans such as decommissioning nuclear power plants. They will carry out their plans to remove nuclear waste stored on Orchid Island. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 昨天是日本311核災六周年，反核團體發起新政府上任之後的第一場廢核遊行，呼籲政府要正視蘭嶼核廢料遷出，以及2025年「非核家園」主張的落實。對此，台電強調，已經陸續推動核電廠如期除役等工作，會積極推動蘭嶼核廢料遷出的執行。晚間,蔡英文總統也透過臉書回應,強調2025年的台灣,將會擺脫依賴核能,綠電占比20%的目標! 喊著口號，關心反核運動的民眾，11號走上街頭，呼籲政府正視蘭嶼核廢料遷出，及2025年非核家園主張的落實的可能性，吸引許多民眾參加，有的家長帶著孩子來參加，希望政府重視核廢汙染的危險性。 ==參與孩童 韶齡．蘇．凡亞思== 今天來是來打敗大怪獸 然後媽媽說 然後爸爸說 有一個親子的活動 然後我們要帶樂器 ==參與民眾 Bali Nangavulan== 不管擁核或是廢核 這一件事情 達悟族的蘭嶼 裡面的核廢廠 都應該被 先被遷出 由於總統蔡英文在選舉時，打出廢核的承諾，不過，台電在蘭嶼核廢料遷出的工作上，一直找不到替代的貯存地點，達悟族居民也到場，靜坐抗議。 ==蘭嶼達悟族居民 林正文== 已經30幾年了 還是原地踏步 就是對核廢議題 所以說我們 就是用這個方式 原地踏步 沒有跟大隊的人 一起走 此外，蔡總統主張發展再生能源，從4%成長到20%，來替代核能，讓2025年非核家園成真，反核團體希望她能說到做到，不是空喊口號。 ==綠色公民行動聯盟秘書長 崔愫欣== 我們希望經濟部 能夠把電力管理做好 緊急應變方案做好 甚至能夠加速節能 跟綠能的發展 才能應付這個 非核家園的過渡期 不只在台北，高雄和台東兩地，也同步舉辦廢核遊行，要求政府應加快腳步，提出能源轉型的具體規劃時程，不要一拖再拖。台電強調，已經陸續推動核電廠如期除役等的工作，積極推動蘭嶼核廢料遷出的執行。 記者 綜合報導