Nuclear waste storage a boon for Taitung?

Nuclear waste storage a boon for Taitung?

The China Post 31 March 09 “…………………….a preferred storage site for such low-radiation waste is somewhere reasonably remote with a small population………………………..Taipower has selected two sites they believe are best suited as storage locations. The first is Wan-an Township located on the Penghu archipelago’s Dongji Island. The second site is Taitung County’s Da-ren Township. Predictably, many of the residents of both sites are strongly against the proposal. The opposition is fiercest in Wan-an where some 90% are said to be against the plan……………………Many at the two proposed sites feel as if their ancestral lands are being polluted. Therefore, the company is offering a NT$5 billion (US$146 million) “friendly-neighbor” payment to the residents of the selected site…………………….Taitung is one of the poorest counties in Taiwan and is home to a significant number of Paiwan aboriginal people……………….hopefully through consultations and outreach, Da-ren Township will come to see that this plan could be in their interest.

Nuclear waste storage a boon for Taitung? – The China Post

April 1, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | China, indigenous issues