Social Impacts of Nuclear Power Plants

Peelle, E.

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“…For example, Purdy (Note 1) and Shields,Cowan,and Bjornstadt (Note 2) observed substantial tax base and employment impacts of the construction of a nuclear power plant. Other, such as Peelle (1974), concentrated on social cost/benefits analysis to research differential impacts accross social groups. These studies did assess social-psychological responses in the form of global attitudes (finding fairly favorable attitudes among those sampled), and other studies have examined attitudes toward nuclear power plants as well as beliefs about attributes of the plants (Otway, Maurer, & Thomas, 1978;Woo & Castore, 1980).…”

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Changing expectations: A longitudinal study of community attitudes toward a nuclear power plant

Hughey

Lounsbury

Sundstrom

et al. 1983

American J of Comm Psychol

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Initial and 5-year follow-up interviews were conducted with 213 residents of the host community for a nuclear power plant. The purpose was to determine possible changes in attitudes toward the plant and expectations about potential outcomes associated with construction. Large negative changes in attitudes toward the plant were noted and were accompanied most notably by decreased expectations of positive outcomes. The structure of the expectations remained essentially stable over the 5-year period. Perceptions of hazards, community disruption, and economic benefits as measured early in construction and during peak construction were found to be the best predictors of acceptance of the nuclear plant. Initial expectations were found to predict overall attitude toward the plant 5 years later. Results were discussed in terms of implications for social impact assessment, large-scale community change, and the predictability of community attitudes toward nuclear power plant construction.

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Changing expectations: A longitudinal study of community attitudes toward a nuclear power plant

Hughey

Lounsbury

Sundstrom

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American J of Comm Psychol

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“…The most obvious intervention to prevent the human problems that accompany large-scale projects is to stop the project itself. While there have been instances where a project was halted on social and psychological grounds, it is rare (Fellman & Brandt, 1970, 1971Peele, 1974). This has typically occurred when both community leaders and citizens overwhelmingly and actively opposed the project, and were well organized and informed (Fellman & Brandt, 1971).…”

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“…There are few social impact studies that have assessed how positive and negative impacts differentially affect individuals of different subgroups in the community (Friesema & Culhane, 1976;Peele, 1974;Schnaiberg & Meidinger, Note 2). Shields (1975) contends that "impacts of high technology projects affect different people in different ways at different times.…”

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Community psychology and social impact assessment: An action model

Meissen

Cipriani

1984

American J of Comm Psychol

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Community psychology's intervention-oriented approach guided by a personenvironment fit perspective is a productive way to address the study and mitigation of social impacts. The most obvious intervention to prevent human problems that accompany large scale projects is to stop the project itself. However, if the decision is made to implement the project, interventions can be designed to develop human competencies and resources in the community in an effort to prepare residents for the coming change. Important tasks for a community psychologist could include the collection and dissemination o f valid information concerning potential social and psychological problems resulting from the project, the development and evaluation o f interventions designed to prevent or ameliorate these problems, and to be an advocate for community residents.Social impact assessment (SIA), a multidisciplinary area of social science concerned with estimating, appraising, and mitigating the social and psychological effects of large-scale planned change, offers social scientists a vehicle to engage in prevention and intervention across a broad range of human concerns. Wolf (1974, 1976) states that the primary goal of a social impact study is to assess whether to implement a proposed project based on social and psychological effects. McCoy (1975) suggests further that if the project is approved, social scientists can help develop a mitigation plan designed to minimize the undesirable effects and enhance the development of human 'All correspondence should be sent to Gregory J. Meissen,

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Social Impacts of Nuclear Power Plants

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Changing expectations: A longitudinal study of community attitudes toward a nuclear power plant

Changing expectations: A longitudinal study of community attitudes toward a nuclear power plant

Community psychology and social impact assessment: An action model

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