Because of its ability to supply cheap, clean electricity, nuclear power was welcomed as a "savior" by resource-poor, industrialized nations like the ROC And unlike oil and natural gas, with their transportation and storage difficulties, nuclear power is comparatively inexhaustible in supply. Signing one contract may deliver a 20-years 'supply.
核能發電之所以漸受青睞，在於它能供應廉價、清潔的電力，正是能源缺乏、經濟發展快速國家的「救星」。另方面，核能不像石油和天然氣，原料的需要量並不大，一次簽約即可購到廿年的使用量，較不虞匱乏。