Taiwan’s first nuclear power plant. The First Nuclear Power Plant under construction. Then-president Chiang Kai-shek in 1970 visits the construction site of the First Nuclear Power Plant. When the Chernobyl accident happened in 1986, fears over the dangers of nuclear power reached a fever pitch. As for the First Nuclear Power Plant, both of its reactors were shut down after their 40-year operating license expired in 2018 and 2019.

Source: Taipei Times November 14, 2021 02:28 UTC