http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/world/asia/nuclear-power-emerges-as-election-issue-in-taiwan.html?ref=world
MLA: JACOBS, ANDREW. "Nuclear Power Emerges as Election Issue in Taiwan - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Jan. 2012.
My article is about Taiwan. Taiwan was materialized in 1895 by Japan and gained her interdependency in 1945.
Taiwan will have an election on Saturday for a new president and legislature. This election will decide Taiwan's fate of nuclear energy. The nominee for the democratic party is Tsai Ing-Wen who strongly believes in a nuclear free Taiwan. She wants to get rid of Taiwan's nuclear power because it is expensive and unsafe. More than 5 million people live within an 18 mile radius and in the event of a disaster, they would have no place to run to. Her plan is to get rid of the 6 reactors by using a nuclear plant which costs 9.3 billion. Many of the people agree with her and had went on a protest last spring. the current president, Ma Ying-jeou had beat plans to get rid of the nuclear reactors in his presidency but is starting to agree with Tsai Ing-wen's idea of a "nuclear free homeland". Environmentalists are happy that politicians are taking a stand on their views. The only problem that arises from this is how to replace the power generated by the nuclear power plants.
The issue of this article is getting rid of nuclear power plants. This is a political social and economic issue. To solve this issue, many power plants can be taken away but not all at once. The international community and the local people are in a position effect the change. It would be good for the people and the enviornment.
