The public is very wary of the nuclear plant, however, and environmental groups have been engaged in a raging debate with plant supporters over industrial policy and nuclear safety. There have been numerous street demonstration against the plant, and many members of the Democratic Progressive Party, including former DPP chairman Lin Yi-hsiung, are among the plant's leading detractors. Opposition to the plant is one of the DPP's key policy positions.
但四年多來，社會對興建核四的疑慮並未間斷，環保團體除針對產業政策、核能安全等問題與擁核人士展開辯論，也多次發動反核大遊行，包括前任民進黨主席林義雄在內的多位民進黨人士都是反核代表人物，反核更是民進黨的重要政見。