Taiwan's army, along with civil authorities and the national power company Taipower are conducting a nuclear disaster drill around the retired Jinshan nuclear plant in New Taipei.
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00:00Authorities in northern Taiwan are holding an exercise on how they would respond in the event of a nuclear disaster.
00:07Units from the army, new Taipei government and the national power company are practicing what to do if the Jinsan nuclear plant lost all power
00:16before getting hit by torrential rain and an earthquake.
00:20The drill includes securing pools containing spent fuel rods, monitoring radiation levels and airlifting supplies to nearby residents.
00:28The Jinsan plant stopped generating power in 2019 and is currently being decommissioned.
00:34Taiwan has just one nuclear plant still in operation which is scheduled to close next year as the government plans to end the use of nuclear power.