Nuclear power and the public: an update of collected survey research on nuclear power

Rankin, W.L.; Melber, B.D.; Overcast, Thomas D.; Nealey, S.M.

doi:10.2172/5271934

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“…Several studies have shown that previous nuclear accidents affected public views toward nuclear power in Europe, the United States, and Japan (Midden & Verplanken, 1990;Peters, Albrecht, Hennen, & Stegelmann, 1990;Rankin, Melber, Overcast, & Nealey, 1981;Renn, 1990;Sjöberg & Sjöberg, 1990;Tsunoda, 2001). These studies are, for the most part, based on secondary analyses of time series data obtained from opinion polls conducted over time.…”

Section: The Change In Public Views After Nuclear Accidentsmentioning

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The Effect of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Risk Perception, Antinuclear Behavioral Intentions, Attitude, Trust, Environmental Beliefs, and Values

Prati

Zani

2012

Environment and Behavior

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Past opinion polls have shown that major nuclear accidents can have a serious impact on public attitudes. Drawing on a values-beliefs-norms (VBN) model of environmental commitment, the authors hypothesized that a major nuclear accident may also affect the most durable cognitive and cultural foundations that underpin public perceptions of nuclear power. For 32 Italian participants, the authors assessed perceptions of nuclear power and values 1 month before and after the Fukushima nuclear accident. Participants reported decreases in nuclear trust, environmental organization trust, and pronuclear attitudes; they reported a significant increase in environmental beliefs assessed by the new ecological paradigm and a marginally significant increase in altruism. Major nuclear accidents may have the potential to influence values and proenvironmental beliefs, probably for the reason that they are the basis of public attitudes toward nuclear power.

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Section: The Change In Public Views After Nuclear Accidentsmentioning

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The Effect of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Risk Perception, Antinuclear Behavioral Intentions, Attitude, Trust, Environmental Beliefs, and Values

Prati

Zani

2012

Environment and Behavior

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“…Since the mid-1970s, surveys have examined public opinions about the local siting of nuclear power plants (e.g., Rosa and Dunlap, 1994; Bolsen and Cook, 2008). Although a high degree of opposition to the proposed locations of nuclear power plants is generally observed (e.g., Rankin et al ., 1981), local attitudes are typically based on thoughts that focus on the specific costs as well as potential benefits rather than on general beliefs about the risks that would accompany the construction of additional plants (Hughey et al ., 1985; Woo and Castore, 1980). Tanaka (2004) finds that factors that determine public acceptance of the local siting of nuclear power plants are different from those that determine public acceptance of nuclear energy in general.…”

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Facing a Crisis with Calmness? The Global Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Kubota

2012

Japanese Journal of Political Science

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Literature expects that an attitude toward nuclear power is in direct proportion to the perceived risk of accidents at an operational nuclear power plant; that is, the oppositional attitude is based on the view that nuclear technology is risky and support for nuclear power is related to a perceived low risk and/or potential benefit. However, it is misleading to assume that individuals’ risk perception alone can linearly explain their position after such an accident. The association between risk perception and attitude toward nuclear power varies significantly according to country but, until now, has been largely unexamined. This article takes into consideration the effects of structural factors on that relationship by examining public attitudes toward nuclear energy after the Fukushima nuclear accident in March 2011 and reveals that the need for the efficient production of electricity (i.e., nuclear energy) outweighs concern for the potential danger of a nuclear incident. Although a country's dependence on nuclear power for the production of electricity engenders anti-nuclear attitudes, it is evident that a level of economic development largely alleviates any negativity relative to that energy source.

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“…By 1978, in the United States, 45 percent of the public opposed the construction of nuclear plants near their homes-an increase of 28 percent in 5 years (Rankin, Overcase, and Nealey, 1981). After the energy crisis, the U.S. anti-nuclear movement sharpened its political edge and went national.…”

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Government Credible Commitment to the French and American Nuclear Power Industries

Delmas

Heiman

2001

J Policy Anal Manage

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Backlash against nuclear power, although widespread, affected nuclear power programs differently in the United States than in France owing to their differing institutional setups. This article uses a transaction costs economics approach to examine government credible commitment to the French and American nuclear power industries. Positive political theory sheds light on the comparative institutional environment in each industry. The American combination of fragmented power, little reliance on bureaucratic expertise, an independent judiciary, and opposing interest groups greatly undermines the ability of the U.S. government to credibly commit to the nuclear power industry. In France, despite substantial anti-nuclear interest groups, the impermeability of the institutional setup-no division of power, weak judiciary, and reliance on bureaucratic expertise-effectively prevents activists from influencing policy outcomes. © 2001 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.

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Nuclear power and the public: an update of collected survey research on nuclear power

Cited by 18 publications

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The Effect of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Risk Perception, Antinuclear Behavioral Intentions, Attitude, Trust, Environmental Beliefs, and Values

The Effect of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident on Risk Perception, Antinuclear Behavioral Intentions, Attitude, Trust, Environmental Beliefs, and Values

Facing a Crisis with Calmness? The Global Response to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Government Credible Commitment to the French and American Nuclear Power Industries

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