Such a peaceful denouement to the long struggle was made possible when President Chen Shui-bian announced on June 13, at the National Conference on a Nuclear-Free Homeland, that a referendum would be held on the 4NPP before March of next year.
由於之前六月三十日的「全國非核家園會議」上，陳總統宣布將在明年三月總統大選前舉辦核四公投，回應了多年來反核人士的訴求，一場千里苦行，因此得以在互釋善意下結束。