Taiwan's anti-nuclear movement was born in 1987 with local protests in Kungliao Rural Township in Taipei County, the proposed site for the plant. Anti-nuclear activism helped consolidate Taiwan's environmental forces, and became a leading indicator of the success of the environmental movement.
民國七十六年，開始於核四廠預定地台北縣貢寮的反核運動，加速了台灣環保力量的凝聚，成為國內最具指標性的環保運動。