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thijson parent
This move sort of parallels what Germany did in the last decade or so, and we can already see how that worked out for them. I remember seeing research in Japan about extracting Uranium from sea water. It's not very economically feasible, but it's still possible, and can't be blockaded. With breeding and reprocessing, reactor fuel can be used for much longer than it currently is.
jamesholden
Germany drops opposition to nuclear power in rapprochement with France (ft.com) - http://archive.today/7pwlY
ZeroGravitas
Germany's use of gas in its grid grew faster as they were rolling out nuclear than it did as they were phasing it out.

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/sites/default/files/styles/g...

daedrdev
This brings up the related point that since seawater is actually pretty radioactive, releases of tritium water that people fear is not something to worry about because the diluted tritium is less radioactive than the seawater
deepsun
It's easy to stockpile enough Uranium for the next 100 years. Unlike any other non-renewables like natural gas.
dehrmann
Sorta, but Germany's mistake was depending on an arguably rogue state for energy. Taiwan wouldn't be doing that, and it's already vulnerable to a blockade. This isn't an added threat.
themaninthedark
It does however increase the risk.

If blockade from China will cut power after the 11 day storage runs out then your are out of power completely.

If blockade from China cuts 90% power after 11 days, then you still have power of emergency operation.

This is assuming that China would not be attacking the power plants in either scenario, which is reasonable given the premise that China wants to take over not destroy Taiwan.

philwelch
You can’t conquer a country by force without destroying it. The whole point is to make sure you’re the ones running the place when they eventually rebuild. Although I think there’s a good chance the CCP gets their way without having to do more than a blockade.
godelski 

  > You can’t conquer a country by force without destroying it.
Citation needed

I can think of plenty of conquests that did not result in the destruction of the invaded country. Instances all throughout WWI, WW2, Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and many more. You don't destroy the country because you want the country. You want the resources. Those resources include both the existing infrastructure and the existing people.

philwelch
WW2, famously not destructive towards infrastructure and people. Are you trolling?
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ashoeafoot
Taiwan has the three gorges dam nuke though..

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