page_title: Nuclear power in Taiwan
section_title: Anti-nuclear movement
hierarchical_section_title: Nuclear power in Taiwan / Anti-nuclear movement
caption_attribution_description: English: Widely-used Logo in Taiwan after the earthquake-induced nuclear disaster in Japan
context_page_description: Nuclear power in Taiwan accounts for 5,028 MWe of capacity by means of 3 active plants and 6 reactors, which makes up around 8.1% of its national energy consumption, and 19% of its electricity generation as of 2015. The technology chosen for the reactors has been General Electric BWR technology for 2 plants and Westinghouse PWR technology for the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. Construction of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant using the ABWR design has encountered public opposition and a host of delays, and in April 2014 the government decided to suspend construction.
  Active seismic faults run across the island, and anti-nuclear environmentalists argue Taiwan is unsuited for nuclear plants. A 2011 report by the environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, evaluated the seismic hazard to reactors worldwide, as determined by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program data, placed all of Taiwan's reactors within the highest risk group of 12 reactors within very high seismic hazard areas, along with some of Japan's reactors.
  The 2016 election was won by a government with stated policies that included phasing out nuclear power generation.
caption: Anti Taiwan's 4th nuclear power plant banner.
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