Taiwan is adding drone defense to its annual nuclear plant emergency drill, a sign that officials now treat nuclear sites as targets in a possible conflict with China.

• A three-day drill at the shut-down Kuosheng plant near Taipei starts Sept. 8, with security police practicing tracking, jamming, and intercepting drones for the first time.
• One scenario involves a drone strike setting fire to a fuel tank that feeds the plant's emergency generators.
• The change follows drone attacks on nuclear plants in Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates.
• Nearby Keelung and New Taipei will run evacuations, alerts, and radiation treatment exercises with the military.
• Taiwan shut its last reactor in 2025, but is now moving to restart two plants as power demand climbs and imported energy stays costly.

Outlook: Expect Taiwan to keep hardening its energy sites while the debate over restarting nuclear power gathers speed.