The National Security Bureau (NSB) yesterday said it would arrange for the president and vice president to enter a national emergency center in the event of a nuclear disaster.
National Security Bureau Director Tsai Der-sheng (蔡得勝) made the remarks during a Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee meeting at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday morning.
The committee requested that the NSB and the Ministry of National Defense report on how the country would respond to a nuclear emergency.
“The NSB would arrange for the president and vice president to enter the national political and military command center at Yuanshan (圓山) in Taipei,” Tsai said, adding that the bureau would also ensure the communication system of the command center would operate well, with national security and government bureaus.
Minister of National Defense Yen Ming (嚴明) said the ministry has completed a set of guidelines on how to handle a nuclear accident.
“If a nuclear accident takes place in the country, military equipment that might be damaged would be transported to safe places. The various military commands have already set up a nuclear and biochemical alert system and measures to ensure military combat capability is not affected by a nuclear disaster,” Yen added.
He added that military bases within nuclear zones have contingency plans for transporting important military equipment to safe places.
Meanwhile, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Huang-liang (蔡煌瑯) asked officials during the meeting whether cross-strait marriage could became a national security issue.
Tsai cited government statistics that 75 percent of cross-strait marriages ended in divorce.
In response, Tsai Der-sheng said the bureau is looking into the matter.
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