KAOHSIUNG -- Taiwan has formally phased out nuclear power, as the island democracy's last reactor undergoes decommissioning on Saturday amid a growing debate about its energy security policy in the face of rising threats from China.
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Protesters marched 70 km from Gongliao, the site of a nuclear power plant, to the Presidential Office in Taipei, mimicking an escape from a nuclear explosion ahead of a referendum in December 2021. © Getty Images
KAOHSIUNG -- Taiwan has formally phased out nuclear power, as the island democracy's last reactor undergoes decommissioning on Saturday amid a growing debate about its energy security policy in the face of rising threats from China.