Study on public acceptance of nuclear power plants: Evidence from China |
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| Authors: | Weiwei Zhu Zhibin Huang Jing Zeng Jiuchang Wei |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Marxism, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China;2. School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China;3. School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China;4. Center for Crisis Management Research (Sponsored by Beijing Planning Office of Philosophy &5. Social Science), School of Public Policy &6. Management, Tsinghua University, P. R. China |
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| Abstract: | AbstractThis empirical study evaluated the public acceptance of nuclear-power plants in China. A conceptual framework was proposed to explain the factors affecting nuclear-power acceptance based on antecedent variables, including social-media-use frequency, social-media information trust, nuclear-power knowledge, nuclear-accident knowledge, and risk-and-benefit perception. An empirical study was operated based on the Haiyang nuclear-power plant by conducting a face-to-face survey among residents who use social-media platforms near the plant. The frequency of social-media-use and the trust on social-media information promote individuals’ knowledge about nuclear power and nuclear accidents, leading to risk and benefit perception. Finally, benefit perception results in nuclear-power acceptance among the individuals. Implications and suggestions for future research are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | nuclear power social media benefit perception nuclear acceptance |
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