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Wastewater could reach Taiwan in 1.5 years By Lin Hsin-han, Yang Mien-chieh and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer Contaminated wastewater from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant could reach Taiwanese waters within one-and-a-half years of being released into the ocean, a marine environmental researcher said yesterday. Japan on Tuesday said it would in two years begin discharging water that has been used to cool fuel rods and nuclear waste at the plant. Japan said the wastewater would go through a powerful filtration system that can remove all radioactive ma...

Nationwide inspection almost complete, zero cases of African swine fever found on farms | 2021/04/12

The Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on Monday reminded hog farmers to process kitchen waste by boiling or steaming it at a high temperature before using it as pig feed, adding that violators could be fined up to NT$3 million (US$105,393). The EPA’s warning came after a pig carcass washed up on the shores of New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) on Sunday. The body tested positive for African swine fever. African swine fever is a highly contagious disease that infects pigs and there is no vaccine against it. It cannot be transmitted from pigs to humans, and is not consider...

Safety unaffected by damage at nuclear plant: AEC Staff writer, with CNA Damage to a cooling water pipe at the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Shihmen District (石門) last year did not affect safety at the facility, the Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said yesterday. The incident came to light recently after local media revealed that state-run Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) workers had damaged a water pipe when digging into the ground near the power plant late last year. The damage to the cooling water pipe occurred during a radiation safety check that included a soil and undergr...

2021/04/06 17:35 A dead pig found in Wanli District, New Taipei City on April 4. (CNA) A dead pig found in Wanli District, New Taipei City on April 4. (CNA) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A dead white pig that washed up in New Taipei City’s Wanli District tested positive for African swine fever (ASF) and is confirmed to have the same strain as the one spreading in China, per CNA. This is the first case of the ASF strain found in Taiwan. Measures will be taken to protect local swine, said the Council of Agriculture at a press conference Tuesday...