Perception of people for the risk of Tianwan nuclear power plant

作     者：Lei HUANG Jun BI Bing ZHANG Fengying LI Changsheng QU 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control&Resource ReuseSchool of EnvironmentNanjing UniversityNanjing 210093China 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering》 (环境科学与工程前沿（英文）)

年 卷 期：2010年第4卷第1期

页      面：73-81页

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学科分类：0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 070202[理学-粒子物理与原子核物理] 0702[理学-物理学] 

基　　金：the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant No.40771080) China’s Key Social Sciences Foundation(No.06&ZD025) the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2007AA06A405) 

主　　题：nuclear power risk perception public involvement covariance structure analysis China 

摘      要：A questionnaire survey of residents’risk perceptions related to Taiwan nuclear power plant in China was carried out to explore the determining factors that affect individual risk *** study proposed to pursue a more comprehensive understanding of factors that affected individual risk perception to nuclear power *** structure analysis was conducted using risk perceptions of nuclear power as dependent variable and including interest and knowledge levels of nuclear power,acceptability,benefit perception,trust in nuclear power operation,and trust in government as independent *** use of the hypothesis of Elaboration likelihood model(ELM)was also *** results showed that persons with higher levels of interest and knowledge of nuclear power had their own perceptions of risk closely associated with acceptability and potential benefits of nuclear *** contrast,persons with no interest in and knowledge of nuclear power would have risk perceptions related to their trust in nuclear operation and the government,which partially supported the ELM *** these results indicated that the government in China plays an important role in rational risk perceptions,and well-designed communication of risks will help the public to be involved in risk management and improve people’s rational acceptance of risk.