This article analyzes the financial issues of restarting the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant, claiming that the cost of shipping fuel rods and plant repair compared to the huge benefits of power generation is insignificant 'spare change.' If the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant enters commercial operation, it can generate revenue of 40 billion NTD annually, and the costs of plant construction and restart can be recovered within ten years, with subsequent power generation bringing huge net income. Conversely, if it is not operational, the country will immediately lose 280 billion NTD in construction costs, and an additional 40 billion NTD must be spent annually for alternative power generation such as gas or renewable energy, which is equivalent to losing one Fourth Nuclear Power Plant every seven years, leading to a national financial disaster.
A post reportedly from a Taipower frontline employee reveals the secrets of the 8/15 massive blackout, alleging that the root cause of the power crisis is the long-term consumption of 'strategic reserves as main meals' and social misdirection by pundits and politicians. The leak points out that during the crisis, the cogeneration users (large industrial power users) promoted by the government did not lend a hand or follow regulations to be restricted first, choosing to 'look only after their own yards.' Most seriously, 'no one dared to offend the conglomerates' at the central decision-making level, resulting in orders to cut power to residential areas instead. The employee also debunks the government's promoted green energy, calling it 'useless' in critical moments and asking how much longer the public will be deceived.
The author presents a position on the Nuclear Plant Four issue: 'Support nuclear energy, oppose the old Nuclear Plant Four, accept public referendum.' The article criticizes anti-nuclear groups' unrealistic demands, particularly the 'zero electricity growth' requirement, and analyzes the engineering, referendum feasibility, and dilemma of nuclear waste disposal (Lanyu), arguing that Nuclear Plant Four's biggest problems stem from human misconduct rather than nuclear technology itself.