Env. Groups to Rally Against Nuclear Power on Apr. 27|廢核行動平台提反核廢公投 4/27廢核遊行
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Environmental groups will hold a rally on Apr. 27 to call for the abolition of nuclear power. Meanwhile, the National Nuclear Abolition Action Platform has submitted a referendum proposal to prohibit the government from building any more nuclear power plants or extend the lifespan of existing ones until a final disposal site for the highly radioactive nuclear waste is found.
Environmental groups prepare to deliver 2,800 signatures in support of their proposed referendum to the Central Election Commission. The referendum proposes a moratorium on the construction of nuclear power plants and the extension of existing ones until the final disposal site for highly radioactive waste is determined.
We should not be producing more waste until the disposal method is decided. This referendum is our responsibility to ourselves, to future generations, and to this piece of land called Taiwan.
The referendum was proposed by the National Nuclear Abolition Action Platform, and is intended to serve as a principle for the government when making important policies. The platform's spokesperson says the issue of nuclear waste is of great concern and the referendum is a way to help people understand the danger of nuclear waste. It is also a way to face this unresolvable problem head on.
One fuel rod can only generate electricity for five years. The electricity that we enjoy now generates waste that the next 3,000 generations will have to take care of. This violates generational justice and environmental justice.
In recent years, more and more people have become aware of the health dangers posed by air pollution generated by coal-fired power plants, resulting in debates about whether more electricity should be generated by nuclear power plants to improve the air quality. Many referendums related to nuclear energy have been proposed, and four have been delivered to the CEC. One submitted by nuclear energy proponents proposes that the proportion of nuclear power generation should not be lower than that of coal-fired power generation in 2030. There is also one on whether the fourth nuclear power plant should be recommissioned. Meanwhile, opponents of nuclear power are seeking for the site of the fourth nuclear power plant to produce renewable energy. The last one is this referendum on nuclear waste.
環保團體高舉布條集結，要將已經募集到的2800份公投連署書，送入中選會正式提案，他們主張，在台灣找到高放射性核廢料最終處置場址之前，不應該再續建核電廠，或是讓已經運轉40年的核電廠延役。
地球公民基金會副執行長 蔡中岳表示：「在還沒有找到垃圾處理方法之前，我們不要再製造更多的垃圾，這是對自己負責，對下一代負責，對台灣這塊土地負責的一個公投。」
廢核行動平台所提出的公投案，屬重大政策之創制，希望通過後作為政府的政策原則，平台發言人強調，這是攸關核廢料處理的公投案，要讓民眾了解核廢料的危害，也正視這個至無法解決的難題。
廢核行動平台發言人 崔愫欣表示：「一束燃料棒，平均發電時間只有五年，我們這一代所享受的電，未來卻要三千多代的子孫，來共同來看顧這些核廢料，違反世代正義與環境正義。」
近年來，民眾更加重視空汙，意識燃煤電廠帶來的健康危害，讓是否提高核電比例來改善空品的作法，再次受到討論，核能相關公投案也不斷被提出，截至目前已有四案送件，包括擁核方提出的，2030年讓核能發電比例不得低於燃煤發電，以及是否同意核四啟封發電，以及反核方提出，要讓核四廠址推動再生能源，以及這次的反核廢公投。
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