Pig carcass found in New Taipei infected with African swine fever
04/06/2021 09:06 PM
Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine
Taipei, April 6 (CNA) A pig carcass found in New Taipei two days ago has been confirmed as carrying the first case of African swine fever (ASF) reported on Taiwan proper, although nearby pig farms have been cleared of the disease, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday.
Coast Guard officials found the pig near the Guihou Fish Port in New Taipei s Wanli District early Sunday and test results the next day showed that it had been infected with ASF, COA Minister Chen Chi-chung (陳吉仲) said at a press conference.
Demand prompts restart of generator
TAICHUNG PLANT: An official said that generator No. 3 had been retrofitted and it generates 0.46g of particulate pollution per kilowatt-hour, down from 0.6g to 0.7g
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
A spike in demand for electricity made it necessary to restart the third coal-fired generator at the Taichung Power Plant, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said yesterday as a feud with the Taichung City Government lingers.
Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) has sought to keep the generator from being used. In 2019, he revoked Taipower’s license to operate the generator.
However, the state-run utility has taken the city government to court over the license revocation and won the case in February last year, Taipower manager Chang Ting-shu (張廷抒) said.
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Notes from central Taiwan: Taiwan’s spent nuclear fuel problem
In the first of a two-part interview, Rene Vienet discusses the role he played in the development of the nation’s nuclear power
By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter
I spent this week chatting online with French film-maker, publisher and historian Rene Vienet, who began his two decades of involvement with Taiwan’s nuclear power program in the late 1970s as the representative for the French nuclear firm Cogema (today known as Orano).
We discussed his work in Taiwan over the years, and the tough decisions involving spent nuclear fuel currently facing Taiwan’s policymakers. The second part of the interview will appear on March 22. The interview has been condensed and edited for clarity.
KMT inconsistent on nuclear power
By Huang Wei-ping 黃惟冰
The shortage of space in the spent fuel pools of the nation’s nuclear power plants means that it is impossible to completely replace spent fuel rods with new ones, the Atomic Energy Council has said.
Consequently, the No. 1 reactor of the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) is to be shut down in June, six months earlier than the plant’s scheduled decommissioning. In technical terms, this means that the reactor would enter its “non-nuclear homeland” phase earlier than planned.
Several years ago, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) came up with a solution for this lack of storage space in the spent fuel pools: a plan to build dry storage facilities.