Since Chen Shui-bian assumed the presidency, however, the new administration has been concerned that a sudden termination of the nuclear plant might hamper economic development and strike a heavy blow to the business community. The administration accordingly instructed the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) to set up the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant Re-Evaluation Committee to weigh the relative merits of building versus scrapping the plant.
新政府上台後，擔心驟然停止興建核四可能為經濟成長與企業界帶來太大衝擊，遂責成經濟部成立核四再評估委員會，希望透過專家分析建與不建的利弊後再下定論。