However, the controversy over the plant was soon put back in the spotlight by calls for a plebiscite on the issue. On one side of the argument is the unquenchable thirst for economic advance; on the other, the long-term ideal of a nuclear-free homeland, and the distress of the people of Kungliao, where the plant is sited.
但隨之而來的公投議題，又再度把看似定案的核四拱上檯面，一方面是經濟向前走的無止渴求；一方面是非核家園的終極理想、貢寮同胞的傷痛。