Minister affirms nuclear plant shutdown despite opposition proposal

Minister of Economic Affairs Kuo Jyh-huei (郭智輝) on Wednesday dismissed opposition party efforts to amend the Nuclear Reactor Facilities Regulation Act to keep the No. 2 unit at the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant online, insisting Taiwan's last remaining commercial nuclear reactor will shut down as scheduled on May 17.

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