Officials in Taiwan say all construction will be halted at the island's fourth nuclear power plant outside the capital, Taipei, after tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters marched through the city to demand the move.
The ruling Nationalist Party yielded to pressure from the demonstrators on Sunday after they broke through a police cordon and took control of a busy eight-lane intersection.
Protesters say they are worried that another nuclear power plant could increase the likelihood of a nuclear crisis like the one at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant when it was hit by a tsunami in 2011.
Like Japan, Taiwan is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is frequently hit by earthquakes.
The ruling Nationalist Party yielded to pressure from the demonstrators on Sunday after they broke through a police cordon and took control of a busy eight-lane intersection.
Protesters say they are worried that another nuclear power plant could increase the likelihood of a nuclear crisis like the one at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant when it was hit by a tsunami in 2011.
Like Japan, Taiwan is located in the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" and is frequently hit by earthquakes.
