Taipower submits plans to restart Pingtung nuclear plantBy Lin Ching-hua and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaiwan Power Co (Taipower) today formally submitted plans to the Nuclear Safety Commission to restart the decommissioned Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County’s Hengchun Township (恆春). It does not mean that the power plant could immediately resume operations if the plan is approved, as the plant still requires further internal safety inspections, reviews and to obtain a renewed operating license, Taipower said. The Ma-anshan Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County's Hengchun Township is pictured on July 10, 2024. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) made plans in 2016 for a “nuclear-free homeland” by last year, decommissioning the Ma-anshan plant in May. In November last year, the government said that Taipower was also expected to submit plans to reopen the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里), decommissioned in 2023.

Source: Taipei Times March 27, 2026 09:31 UTC