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CNA  June 6, 2016, TAIPEI –– Environmentalists blasted the first reactor of First Nuclear Power Plant Sunday as a very dangerous facility, and said they will sue the premier for an offense against public safety after he revealed that he might allow the reactivation of the reactor.

“One small glitch and Taiwan will be gripped by a disaster beyond redemption,” Lin warned.

Also, although the electricity supply has been tight over the past few days due to the hot weather, all the hydroelectric power plants and solar power generators operated by the state-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) remained idle during the period, according to Lin.

She accused Taipower of creating a fake issue to get people to believe Taiwan is being threatened by a risk of power insufficiency. Officials of Taipower were unavailable for comment.

Expressing strong opposition to the government’s plan to reactivate the reactor at the First Nuclear Power Plant, situated in New Taipei’s Shimen District, Lin said she will file a lawsuit against Premier Lin Chuan (林全) in the near future for causing danger to public safety.

Lin Jui-chu was among a group of environmentalists, who filed a lawsuit last week against Economics Minister Lee Chih-kung (李世光) and Atomic Energy Council (AEC) Minister Hsieh Shou-shing (謝曉星) over the proposal.

Prime Minister Lin Chuan said Sunday that he is considering having the reactor reactivated after it was shut down for repair 17 months ago, on the premise that it is safe enough to be used……

Echoing Lin Jui-chu, Green Consumers’ Foundation chairman Jay Fang (方儉) argued that Taiwan has no shortage of electricity, but has the “fake phenomenon of power insufficiency.”

Taiwan’s overall power generation capacity is 48,000 megawatts (MW), but the actual output has only reached 35,000 MW so far this year, Fang said, implying that the government is failing to run the country’s power generating facilities properly.

“If Lin Chuan does not see (the problem), he is not qualified to take the helm of the government,” Fang said. http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/06/06/468441/Activists-are.htm