The Best and Hardest time for anti-nuclear

The 1st, 2nd and 3rd nuclear power plants‎ in Taiwan started in 1978, 1981 and 1984 respectively. Shortly after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, anti-nuclear activists went to Taiwan Power Company and Gongliao, the planned location of the 4th nuclear power plant,‎ to tell people the danger of nuclear power. Soon, anti-nuclear organizations were formed and more events were held.

In 2000,  because of the stop and restart of the constructing 4th nuclear power plant‎, Taiwan anti-nuclear movement reached a peak, and then declined. In the decade of 2000-2010, Gongliao residents and anti-nuclear organizations struggled and didn't give up.

After the 311 Fukushima disaster in 2011, Taiwan anti-nuclear activists continued their effort to stop nuclear power‎. There are large-scale anti-nuclear parades every year since 2011. The 309 anti-nuclear parade in 2013 gathered more than 200,000 people around the Taiwan. Now, the Taiwan government try to use the referendum of 4th nuclear power plant to solve the long-debated issue, but most people do not trust the referendum method because the government made it difficult to be effective.

It is the best time for Taiwan to stop nuclear power because of participation of people, but it is also the hardest time for anti-nuclear because of striking back of the pro-nuclear government.