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February 28, 2013

Taiwan to vote on nuclear facility
Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Feb 27, 2013
The government of Taiwan said the fate of its fourth nuclear power plant in Taipei, under construction since 1992, will be decided in a public referendum. Taiwan's three existing nuclear power plants - Chinshan, Kuosheng and Maanshan - provide 17 percent of the country's overall energy needs. Built in the 1970s, the facilities are operated by state-run Taiwan Power Co., known as Taipower, under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Even before Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster ... read more

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