Name parts of Taiwan as you please

[TwoTongues]

At our office, we have a special name for Lanyu: “Godzilla Island”.

For those of you who don’t know (probably not many), Lanyu (Orchid Island) is the location of a radioactive waste dump site for the island’s nuclear power plants (I suppose).

Oh and here’s a lovely tidbit regarding Taiwan politics:

@Wikipedia

In 1974 the Atomic Energy Commission of the Republic of China selected Long Men (龍門) at the southern tip of Orchid Island as the site to build a “temporary” nuclear waste disposal facility. In reality, it was intended to store as much as 340,000 barrels (18,000 tons) of nuclear waste over a period of 50 years. The government deceived the Tao district commissioner, who was illiterate, that the government wanted to build a fish cannery and needed his signature to approve the project. In 1978 a harbor was built and construction of the nuclear storage facility began in 1980. During this whole time, the government continued its deception on the islanders until the island’s churchgoers found out the truth from mainland Taiwan news reports. Shipments of low and mid-level nuclear waste began arriving in May 1982 from Taiwan’s three nuclear power plants operated by state-owned Taipower. There are 97,672 barrels (over 4,800 tons) [1] stored on the island in 23 concrete trenches without permission.

[bismarck]

[quote=“TwoTongues”]At our office, we have a special name for Lanyu: “Godzilla Island”.

For those of you who don’t know (probably not many), Lanyu (Orchid Island) is the location of a radioactive waste dump site for the island’s nuclear power plants (I suppose).

Oh and here’s a lovely tidbit regarding Taiwan politics:

@Wikipedia

In 1974 the Atomic Energy Commission of the Republic of China selected Long Men (龍門) at the southern tip of Orchid Island as the site to build a “temporary” nuclear waste disposal facility. In reality, it was intended to store as much as 340,000 barrels (18,000 tons) of nuclear waste over a period of 50 years. The government deceived the Tao district commissioner, who was illiterate, that the government wanted to build a fish cannery and needed his signature to approve the project. In 1978 a harbor was built and construction of the nuclear storage facility began in 1980. During this whole time, the government continued its deception on the islanders until the island’s churchgoers found out the truth from mainland Taiwan news reports. Shipments of low and mid-level nuclear waste began arriving in May 1982 from Taiwan’s three nuclear power plants operated by state-owned Taipower. There are 97,672 barrels (over 4,800 tons) [1] stored on the island in 23 concrete trenches without permission.[/quote]

Why don’t they sell it to the Russians? I remember reading a report some years back that the Russian Nuclear Agency buys nuclear waste, does whatever needs to be done with it and stores it for a “small” fee…

[bismarck]

Tainan City, The “Asian Mecca” for foreign dj’s, amateur alcoholics and budding photographers…

[tommy525]

[quote=“bismarck”][quote=“TwoTongues”]At our office, we have a special name for Lanyu: “Godzilla Island”.

For those of you who don’t know (probably not many), Lanyu (Orchid Island) is the location of a radioactive waste dump site for the island’s nuclear power plants (I suppose).

Oh and here’s a lovely tidbit regarding Taiwan politics:

@Wikipedia

In 1974 the Atomic Energy Commission of the Republic of China selected Long Men (龍門) at the southern tip of Orchid Island as the site to build a “temporary” nuclear waste disposal facility. In reality, it was intended to store as much as 340,000 barrels (18,000 tons) of nuclear waste over a period of 50 years. The government deceived the Tao district commissioner, who was illiterate, that the government wanted to build a fish cannery and needed his signature to approve the project. In 1978 a harbor was built and construction of the nuclear storage facility began in 1980. During this whole time, the government continued its deception on the islanders until the island’s churchgoers found out the truth from mainland Taiwan news reports. Shipments of low and mid-level nuclear waste began arriving in May 1982 from Taiwan’s three nuclear power plants operated by state-owned Taipower. There are 97,672 barrels (over 4,800 tons) [1] stored on the island in 23 concrete trenches without permission.[/quote]

Why don’t they sell it to the Russians? I remember reading a report some years back that the Russian Nuclear Agency buys nuclear waste, does whatever needs to be done with it and stores it for a “small” fee…[/quote]

Because what they do with it is extract PLUTONIUM from the spent rods. Not something the US of A wants.

[Dr_McCoy]

We changed to McCoytonville.

[Bubba_2_Guns]

Tu Chen= “Dirt City, R.O.C. Baby!”

Shen Keng= “Pavlovic Dou-Gan Buying Limbo”

Mu Zha -“Taipei’s Sweaty Arm Pit.”

[TwoTongues]

@Bubba 2 Guns

Mu Zha -“Taipei’s Sweaty Arm Pit.”

@redwagon

Banqiao Armpit of the island.

Well they can’t both be the Armpit, I mean yeah there’re two armpits but… OK wait, so MuZha is the right pit an Banqiao the left? Besides, Mu Zha ain’t that bad, relatively speaking. How about “Mu Zha: T’aint of Taipei”, kind of captures that emotion of being in-between the bung (south taipei city) and the pink (maokhong and beyond)

[bismarck]

Lu Zhu, Kaohsiung county - The town forsaken by Heaven…

[tommy525]

WAnli - ten thousand miles from nowhere

[Chris]

How about just translating place names:

Nangang -> Southport
Jingmei -> Fairview
Lugang -> Deerport
Pingxi -> Flat Creek

[JFP]

金門島 (Kinmen Island)

[bismarck]

[quote=“Chris”]How about just translating place names:

Nangang -> Southport
Jingmei -> Fairview
Lugang -> Deerport
Pingxi -> Flat Creek[/quote]
Sounds lovely. Till you get there! :roflmao: