TSMC Might Use More Nuclear Power For Chip Manufacturing If Taiwan’s Law Is Revised

With TSMC accounting for most of Taiwan’s power consumption, the country’s lawmakers are open to changing the current rules regulating nuclear power in the country. Members of the current planning body of the Taiwanese national legislature, the Executive Yuan, showed a willingness to amend laws after the incoming economic minister set to succeed Weng Mei-hua, J.W. Kuo, remarked in the Executive Yuan that he believed nuclear energy was a clean power source. The outgoing government has been hesitant to increase nuclear power’s share in the national grid, with data from national regulator TaiPower showing that it accounts for less than […]

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