Taiwan is edging closer to submitting plans to restart the Kuosheng and Maanshan nuclear power plants and the country will consider the development of new nuclear technology including small modular reactors (SMRs), its premier told a parliamentary session.

Speaking at a recent legislative session, premier Cho Jung-tai confirmed that nuclear power operator Taipower would submit plans to reactivate the Kuosheng plant which has two 985-MW boiling water reactor units, and Maanshan’s two 936-MW and 938-MW pressurised water reactors.