The promise of a sustainable nuclear-free Asia begins in Taiwan.

Taiwan, one of the most densely-populated countries in the world, now has three nuclear power plants in operation. More than six million people live within the thirty-mile emergency zone of the first, second and now the fourth nuclear power plant.

At Beginning

March 3 1985, technicians found the wall of a building gave strong indications of radioactive contamination when they were sent to clarify the installment of an x-ray machine at a dental office in Minsheng Villa Apartment Complex, Taipei. The Atomic En ergy Council (AEC) got to know the truth but

SEVEN EXPLOSION AT A NUCEAR FUEL DUMP. IRRADIATE OVERLOW POISONING THE LANDSCAPE AND DRAINING INTO A NEABY RIVER. DOUBTS ABOUT THE SAFETY OF DRIKING WATER FOR FIVE MILLION PEOPLE DOWNSTREEM.

SOUND LIKE SCIENCE FICTION?

TRY TAOYUAN COUNTY, PHELIM KYNE LOOKS BACK AT ONE OF THE DARKEST MOMENTS OF TAIWAN’S NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM AND ITS ROLE IN CREATING TAIWAN’S.

By Phelim KYNE, Features Writer, China News

"This is just too big a tragedy for Government to face up to. No one can handle it, so as a result the best strategy (for the government) is just to cover it up." Yang, Chao-Yueh, PROFESSOR OF RADIATION CHEMISTRY AT NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY.