The department's chairman, Professor Chou Huai-pu, describes the name change as part of a process of "evolution." For the last decade and more, every time the Legislative Yuan has reviewed Taiwan Power Company's budget, it has sparked off a wave of anti-nuclear protests, and the nuclear industry's market has developed extremely slowly.
清大「工程與系統科學系」主任周懷樸形容改名是「演變」過程，十幾年來立法院每年審台電預算，就引發核能攻防戰，核能產業的市場擴展得非常慢。