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Pig carcass found in New Taipei City has ASF: council CNA, with staff writer A pig carcass found in New Taipei City on Sunday has been confirmed to be infected with African swine fever (ASF), the Council of Agriculture said on Tuesday. It is the first case of a pig being confirmed with the disease on Taiwan proper, although nearby pig farms have been cleared of the disease, the council said. Coast guard officials found the carcass near Guihou Harbor (龜吼漁港) in Wanli District (萬里) early on Sunday, and test results the next day showed that it had been infected with African swine fe...

Pig carcass found in New Taipei infected with African swine fever 04/06/2021 09:06 PM Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine Taipei, April 6 (CNA) A pig carcass found in New Taipei two days ago has been confirmed as carrying the first case of African swine fever (ASF) reported on Taiwan proper, although nearby pig farms have been cleared of the disease, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday. Coast Guard officials found the pig near the Guihou Fish Port in New Taipei's Wanli District early Sunday and test results the next day showed that it ha...

Demand prompts restart of generator TAICHUNG PLANT: An official said that generator No. 3 had been retrofitted and it generates 0.46g of particulate pollution per kilowatt-hour, down from 0.6g to 0.7g By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter A spike in demand for electricity made it necessary to restart the third coal-fired generator at the Taichung Power Plant, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said yesterday as a feud with the Taichung City Government lingers. Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen (盧秀燕) has sought to keep the generator from being used. In...

Notes from central Taiwan: Taiwan’s spent nuclear fuel problem In the first of a two-part interview, Rene Vienet discusses the role he played in the development of the nation’s nuclear power By Michael Turton / Contributing reporter I spent this week chatting online with French film-maker, publisher and historian Rene Vienet, who began his two decades of involvement with Taiwan’s nuclear power program in the late 1970s as the representative for the French nuclear firm Cogema (today known as Orano). We discussed his work in Taiwan over the years, and the tough decisions involving spen...

Taiwan's Tsai rules out restarting work on 4th nuclear power plant