Local environmental groups have come together on the 8th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster to hold a meeting on Taiwan's energy mix. When discussing the possibility of rebooting the No. 4 nuclear plant, residents of New Taipei's Gongliao District said that the construction of the plant wasn't aimed to provide more power, but a move that's politically motivated. The environmental groups said they will propose an anti-nuclear power referendum and hope it can be headed on the same day of the 2020 presidential election.
Several local environmental groups held a meeting on Taiwan's energy mix on the 8th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Former head of Academia Sinica, Taiwan's top research body, Lee Yuan Tseh was invited to give an open speech. Lee said that as long as people in Taiwan work hard, there are opportunities to get rid of nuclear and fossil-fuel based energy generation.
If we don't change our carbon tax, then energy mix upgrade is pointless. The industries must be upgraded while the carbon tax needs to be charged, the change to energy mix can only work if it's from the bottom up.
Former New Taipei Mayor and presidential hopeful Eric Chu recently proposed to reboot the No.4 nuclear plant. Over 30 residents from New Taipei's Gongliao District said they cannot accept the proposal, and that the construction of the plant was politically motivated.
The No.4 plant was built not because there's shortage of electricity. I think the move is politically motivated because if it really was built to help supply electricity, its construction wouldn't have taken more than 30 years.
Those who are pro-nuclear power have attended the meeting as well. Huang Shih-hsiu, the organizer of the referendum on using nuclear power while renewable power is in development, stresses that the Tsai Ing-wen administration's push for a nuclear-free home is totally authoritarian. Kao Cheng-yen, former head of the Taiwan Environmental Protection Union, asks Huang to respect the group hosting the meeting. He said that the rebooting of the no.4 plant should be decided by referendums.
The public has said "no" to the nuclear-free homeland proposal, but the Tsai Ing-wen administration is still forcing the public to accept the plan. It's totally authoritarian.
There will be a referendum that pushes to use the area of the no.4 nuclear plant as a land for renewable energy generation. The referendum will be held at next year's presidential election, and it will confront the proposal to use nuclear power while waiting for renewable energy development.
On the same day, member of the Green Citizens' Action Alliance have gone to Japan to show support to local anti-nuclear power groups. They said there are still more than 40,000 residents in Fukushima who are still searching for a new home after they were affected by the nuclear disaster 8 years ago.
選在福島核災發生八週年的日子，環保團體舉行民間能源會議，也邀請中研院前院長李遠哲致詞，他強調台灣只要努力，有機會走向非核與非化石燃料。
前中研院院長 李遠哲表示：「若沒有碳稅能源轉型是沒用的，產業來改變(轉型) 徵碳稅，能源由下而上，這才有辦法解決。」
而面對打算投入總統選戰的前新北市長朱立倫，拋出核四重啟的議題，反核超過三十年的貢寮居民無法接受，也直批核四根本就是政治的電廠。
鹽寮反核自救會成員 楊貴英表示：「核電廠不是真的缺電的電廠，我感覺它是一個政治的電廠，因為它如果是缺電的電廠，不可能一個電廠蓋三十幾年還沒好。」
而在反核立場鮮明的會議上，支持核能、發起「以核養綠」公投的黃士修，也來參加，他強調蔡政府推動的非核家園，是威權做法，不過環保聯盟前會長高成炎，要求他尊重主辦單位，也強調核四是否重啟，應該用公投決定。
以核養綠公投領銜人 黃士修表示：「全民否定了非核家園的政策，但是政府仍然用一個從上而下的威權，強迫全民埋單非核家園的主張。」
前環保聯盟會長 高成炎表示：「明年的大選的時候，會有一個廢核四，把核四的地方，變成再生能源電廠的公投案，以及重啟核四的公投案直球對決。」
而福島核災八週年，綠色公民行動聯盟也前往日本聲援反核團體，指出福島還有超過四萬名居民過著避難生活，也承受著輻射持續汙染、難以處理的問題。