An open letter to Lady Gaga

Dear Lady Gaga,

My apologies for posting on your fans page without asking in advance. But there’s no other way that I could deliver the message to you, and it’s an urgent one.

I am a common Taiwanese citizen, and like many of us, I adore and appreciate your music, and your life story. This May, the 17^th, Taipei, isn’t it?

While most of my fellow countrymen are counting the days of your arrival, I have to tell you:

Please, for our love for you, don’t come.

Allow me explaining why.

Last week, the local press exposed that the Second Nuclear Power Plant, during its annual maintenance, had seven anchor bolts in its base found broken.

The company in charge, Taiwan Power Company (TPC), replaced six of the bolts, leaving one remaining broken in the deepest end, without noticing the government and the public, and decided to reactivate it, on the 20^th of April!

The governmental institute in charge, The Atomic Energy Council, not receiving any analysis about the causes of the damage nor the risks for the future, agreed that TPC could go on with their plan!

Now, broken bolts, in the base, this is never heard before. Even for Fukushima Power Plant, the one that exploded last year in Japan, all its anchor bolts remained undamaged after the explosion!

So, this is a serious threat to Taiwanese people, and you, too, if you do come.

The Nuclear Power Plant in question is 34 years old, which means it has “out-lived” itself for four years, with overloaded nuclear waste in it. If it is reactivated, and if anything wrong happens, there will be a nuclear disaster god-knows-how-many-times-bigger than other nuclear disasters ever took place on this planet.

Our legislators are now demanding a report and analysis, and we are not sure if they can stop the reactivation originally planned for 20^th April. Even if they could, it would be only a temporary delay.

So, when you come, the 17^th May, please do know, you are coming to a city within 20 km realm of a Nuclear Power Plant, one that is damaged and in danger.

So, if you do come, please know, there’s a great risk of security, still unresolved by our society and our government. You might want to consider discussing this with your agent company, with your assurance company, and anyone related to your arrival.

And all I want for you, is that you be safe. You are one of the rare talented performers that dare to speak out on this issue, and I would really like that you go on with your cause, and keep shinning on the stage.

If you want to contact me, please reply on the web page, I’ll reply.

Sincerely hope that my letter do help in any possible way and not disturbing you.

Warm regards

CaoMin