Reactor closure marks Taiwan’s nuclear exit

Taiwan recently launched the shutdown of its last active nuclear reactor, officially abandoning nuclear power.With this step, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) fulfilled a central promise of its 2016 energy plan, which provided for a nuclear phase-out by 2025 at the latest.The background was the nuclear disaster in Japan's Fukushima in 2011.The decommissioning of two older Taiwan's nuclear power plants began in 2018 and 2021.The post…

Reactor closure marks Taiwan’s nuclear exit

Monday, 19 May 2025, WNN Unit 2 of the Maanshan nuclear power plant – Taiwan’s last operating reactor – has been disconnected from the grid and will be decommissioned following the expiry of its 40-year operating licence, in accordance with Taiwan’s nuclear phase-out policy. ……………………….. Phase-out policy  Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected to government in January 2016 with a policy of creating a “nuclear-free” Taiwan by 2025…