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The Lai government has confirmed it will restart nuclear power, but refuses to address Nuclear Plant No. 4. Pictured: Nuclear Plant No. 4. (File photo, Yen Lin-yu)

Politics, Not Engineering, Is Keeping Taiwan's Nuclear 4 Shut

Although the Lai administration is moving to restart nuclear power, the nuclear-free homeland policy has cost the public hundreds of billions of dollars. Anti-nuclear activists have reiterated their opposition to any restart. Photo by Chao Shih-hsun, Cent

Taiwan's Nuclear-Free Anniversary Is a Reckoning, Not a Celebration

The Ministry of Economic Affairs is planning to restart Nuclear Power Plant 3, sparking debate over fuel rod compatibility. Photo by Huang Yu-ching, CNA, March 24, 2026

Taiwan's Nuclear Fuel Rod Dispute Masks a Trillion-Dollar Energy Policy Failure

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's public embrace of closer EU ties signals that the economic damage wrought by Brexit is finally being acknowledged, a decade after the fateful vote. (Photo: UK House of Commons)

Opinion | Brexit, Nuclear Phase-Outs, and a Decade of Policy Reckoning

The restart of the Mailiao coal plant delivers a stinging slap to the ruling party's flawed energy policy. Pictured: the Mailiao power plant and port terminal (photo by Liao Yi-wen).

Taiwan Spent a Decade Phasing Out Coal. It Just Restarted a Coal Plant.

Observers see a nuclear comeback; officials see conditions. Pictured: the decommissioned Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant (Unit 3). (File photo, Taiwan Power Company)

Premier Cho on Nuclear Power: Evasion Dressed as Deliberation

Taipower Chairman Tseng Wen-sheng revealed that future power demand growth will be 2.5 times higher than historical averages. (Photo / Chen Pin-yu)

Taiwan Faces Power Crisis as AI Boom Raises Electricity Demand

March 8, 2025: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses officials with a portrait of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini behind him. (AP)

Taiwan's Energy Security at Risk as Middle East Crisis Threatens Global Supply Lines

Computing power equals national power, but electricity has become AI's limiting factor. How should the government respond? Pictured: the decommissioned Third Nuclear Power Plant. (File photo, courtesy of Taipower)

Taiwan's Power Problem: How Energy Constraints Could Undermine AI Ambitions