Sustainability of nuclear energy in Korea: From the users’ perspective

Lee, You-Kyung

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111761

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“…The first was the social benefit perception of geothermal energy (Table 3). Factor analysis showed, similar to results by Lee [61], that the items measuring social benefit perception of geothermal energy all fell within one factor, with the highest factor loading values on items measuring economic/development perceptions of geothermal energy. For further analysis, we calculated an index for this variable as the average of the four items.…”

Section: Public Image Of Geothermal Energysupporting

confidence: 76%

“…The items measuring interest in geothermal energy tourism were composed by authors according to the conceptualisation presented in the theoretical introduction of this paper, including interest in the five most typical forms of geothermal energy tourism. For variables measuring the public image of geothermal energy, we applied the items measuring social benefit perception of nuclear energy and general attitudes towards nuclear energy from Lee [61]-we applied both scales to geothermal energy.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…We measured the public image of geothermal energy with two separate scales, both applied from nuclear energy perceptions by Lee [61]. The first was the social benefit perception of geothermal energy (Table 3).…”

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Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

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From household geothermal heat pumps to industrial geothermal heating and electricity production, geothermal energy is one of the most promising future climate change mitigation areas. This paper aims to analyse the potential role that the tourism industry has in the promotion of geothermal energy. Although general knowledge and understanding of geothermal energy is often relatively low, geothermal energy tourism has the potential to encourage the public to use and learn about geothermal energy and its applications. The paper first provides a theoretical conceptualisation of geothermal energy tourism at the energy production level and energy usage level. Empirical results from an online survey amongst a sample of the Slovenian population show that there is a reasonably strong interest in geothermal energy tourism, correlating with the public image of geothermal energy. The study furthermore identified three main motivational factors for energy tourism: the first is “Knowledge,” followed by “Having fun,” with the lowest level on the motivational factor being “Self-recognition.” The paper finally provides future recommendations on geothermal energy tourism as a tool for wider public acceptance but also knowledge on the potential risks of geothermal energy as a sustainable energy source.

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Section: Public Image Of Geothermal Energysupporting

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Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

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“…To focus on our novel findings, we do not propose explicit hypotheses on the following two effects, which have been well-established by numerous studies: (1) the perception of benefits of nuclear power has a positive effect on nuclear power acceptance, while (2) the perception of risks from nuclear power has a negative effect on nuclear power acceptance [2,6,13,38,[53][54][55][56]. Instead, we will examine these basic assumptions in our data analysis.…”

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Extending the Coverage of the Trust–Acceptability Model: The Negative Effect of Trust in Government on Nuclear Power Acceptance in South Korea under a Nuclear Phase-Out Policy

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Geong

2021

Energies

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This article extends the coverage of the trust–acceptability model to a new situation of nuclear phase-out by investigating the effect of trust on the public acceptance of nuclear power, with South Korea as the research setting. Through the structural equation modeling of a nationwide survey dataset from South Korea, we examined the effects of the public’s trust in the various actors related to nuclear power on their perceptions of the benefits and risks of nuclear power and their acceptance of nuclear power. Contrary to previous studies’ findings, in South Korea, under a nuclear phase-out policy by the government, trust in government revealed a negative impact on the public acceptance of nuclear power. Trust in environmental non-governmental groups also showed a negative effect on nuclear power acceptance. In contrast, trust in nuclear energy authority and trust in nuclear academia both had positive effects. In all cases, the effect of a trust variable on nuclear power acceptance was at least partially accounted for by the trust’s indirect effects through benefit perception and risk perception. These findings strengthen the external validity of the trust–acceptability model and provide implications for both researchers and practitioners.

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“…lead to attitudes about this object, an extraordinarily influential relationship in social psychological research. Furthermore, we also based our analysis on the literature on risk-benefit analysis, which has shown how perceived risks and benefits determine attitudes, in terms of acceptance of a technology, organisation or industry (e.g., Kriesky et al, 2013;2013;Akin et al, 2019;Lee, 2020). As De Groot et al (2020Groot et al ( , p. 1227) noted, "Attitudes are psychological tendencies to evaluate an attitude object (i.e., energy technology) through weighting the costs (or 'risks') and benefits of a specific object or behaviour (Ajzen, 1985)".…”

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The legitimisation of local environmental organisations by community members

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Tortosa-Edo

2023

Local Environment

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Although environmental activists play an important role in addressing local environmental injustices, they find it difficult to legitimise their activities. They are frequently challenged by political and business forces on the grounds that they are raising barriers to local economic development and are often regarded as irrational or hysterical. In this study we analyse the legitimacy conferred on local environmental organisations by residents living near a polluting industrial site. Considering an individual's judgement of legitimacy as an attitude and drawing on the social psychological and risk-benefit analysis literatures, we define a model that explains how individuals' beliefs and perceptions about local environmental organisations and their context (in terms of the local industry risk-benefit controversy), together with personal environmental beliefs, influence their assessments of legitimacy. Results show that individuals' legitimacy judgements of local environmental organisations are directly influenced by beliefs about their credibility and the risk perceptions associated with the industrial area, and indirectly affected by personal environmental beliefs.

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Sustainability of nuclear energy in Korea: From the users’ perspective

Cited by 19 publications

References 56 publications

Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

Role of Tourism in Promoting Geothermal Energy: Public Interest and Motivation for Geothermal Energy Tourism in Slovenia

Extending the Coverage of the Trust–Acceptability Model: The Negative Effect of Trust in Government on Nuclear Power Acceptance in South Korea under a Nuclear Phase-Out Policy

The legitimisation of local environmental organisations by community members

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