Public Opinion and Its Influence on Prospects of Development of Nuclear Power

2006 ◽  
pp. 231-239
Author(s):  
E. A. Rudneva ◽  
A. V. Rudnev ◽  
N. P. Tarasova
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power

scholarly journals Nuclear power in Australia: A comparative analysis of public opinion regarding climate change and the Fukushima disaster

Energy Policy ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 65 ◽  
pp. 644-653 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deanne K. Bird ◽  
Katharine Haynes ◽  
Rob van den Honert ◽  
John McAneney ◽  
Wouter Poortinga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Fukushima Disaster

scholarly journals Limits to deployment of nuclear power for decarbonization: Insights from public opinion

Energy Policy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 1339-1346 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Abdulla ◽  
P. Vaishnav ◽  
B. Sergi ◽  
D.G. Victor
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power

Current Legal Developments in the Field of Transboundary Pollution

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 212-222
Author(s):  
I.Seidl Hohenveldern
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Transboundary Pollution ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Special Session ◽  
European Public ◽  
Social And Economic Development ◽  
Current Events

1. INTRODUCTIONChernobyl and Sandoz-Bâle are certainly among the most remarkable current events in the field of transboundary pollution. The Chernobyl incident has sensitised at least a part of European public opinion to such an extent that the IAEA had to consider it a great success that the Final Document of the Special Session of the General Conference after Chernobyl could still proclaim that the General Conference “recognizes that nuclear power will continue to be an important source of energy for social and economic development”.

Nuclear Power and Public Opinion

1987 ◽  
Vol 38 (6) ◽  
pp. 230-230
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Rudig
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power

Scenario Analysis on the Benefits of Multi-National Cooperation for the Development of a Common Nuclear Energy System Based on PWR and LFR Fleets

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco Ciotti ◽  
Jorge L. Manzano ◽  
Vladimir Kuznetsov ◽  
Galina Fesenko ◽  
Luisa Ferroni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Fuel Cycle ◽  
Proper Time ◽  
Nuclear Fuel Cycle ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Base Load

Financial aspects, environmental concerns and non-favorable public opinion are strongly conditioning the deployment of new Nuclear Energy Systems across Europe. Nevertheless, new possibilities are emerging to render competitive electricity from Nuclear Power Plants (NPPs) owing to two factors: the first one, which is the fast growth of High Voltage lines interconnecting the European countries’ national electrical grids, this process being triggered by huge increase of the installed intermittent renewable electricity sources (Wind and PV); and the second one, determined by the carbon-free constraints imposed on the base load electricity generation. The countries that due to public opinion pressure can’t build new NPPs on their territory may find it profitable to produce base load nuclear electricity abroad, even at long distances, in order to comply with the European dispositions on the limitation of the CO2 emissions. In this study the benefits from operating at multinational level with the deployment of a fleet of PWRs and subsequently, at a proper time, the one of Lead Fast Reactors (LFRs) are analyzed. The analysis performed involves Italy (a country with a current moratorium on nuclear power on spite that its biggest utility operates NPPs abroad), and the countries from South East and Central East Europe potentially looking for introduction or expansion of their nuclear power programmes. According to the predicted evolution of their Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a forecast of the electricity consumption evolution for the present century is derived with the assumption that a certain fraction of it will be covered by nuclear electricity. In this context, evaluated are material balances for the front and the back end of nuclear fuel cycle associated with the installed nuclear capacity. A key element of the analysis is the particular type of LFR assumed in the scenario, characterized by having a fuel cycle where only fission products and the reprocessing losses are sent for disposition and natural or depleted uranium is added to fuel in each reprocessing cycle. Such LFR could be referred to as “adiabatic reactor”. Owing to introduction of such reactors a substantive reduction in uranium consumption and final disposal requirements can be achieved. Finally, the impacts of the LFR and the economy of scale in nuclear fuel cycle on the Levelized Cost of Electricity (LCOE) are being evaluated, for scaling up from a national to a multinational dimension, illustrating the benefits potentially achievable through cooperation among countries.

CHERNOBYL AND THE NUCLEAR POWER ISSUE IN SWEDEN: Experts, Media, and Public Opinion

1991 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörgen Westerståhl ◽  
Folke Johansson
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power

Shaping Public Opinion on Nuclear Power

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shenjun Xu ◽  
Jing Xu ◽  
Jing Sun ◽  
Li Qiu ◽  
Ru Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Nuclear Power Plants ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Nuclear Disaster

After the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the public acceptance of nuclear power has dwindled to historical low. Governments were forced to cancel and postpone new projects or even shut down reactors in operation due to an increased anti-nuclear sentiment. This paper aims to provide an international perspective of how various factors can affect public opinion of nuclear power. In this paper, we rebut the previous-held argument that nuclear education is conducive to the public support of nuclear power. It is found that the relationship between educational efforts and public support is captured by a downward-sloping line. The paper then assesses the effect on the public acceptance of demographics, socioeconomic status, political environment and risk orientation using correlation coefficients table. The largest public concern comes from the insecurity of nuclear power plants and radioactive materials. The health of an economy also plays a major role in determining people’s attitude toward building new nuclear power plants. The paper also suggests some solutions for each category of countries based on the research analysis.

Nuclear power debate and public opinion in Belarus: From Chernobyl to Ostrovets

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliaksandr Novikau
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Nuclear Power Plant ◽  
Risk Communication ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Traumatic Event ◽  
Nuclear Accident ◽  
Positive View ◽  
The City

The Belarusian government’s decision of the last decade to build a nuclear power plant near the city of Ostrovets, in northern Belarus, has proven to be controversial, resulting in a great deal of debate about nuclear energy in the country. The debate was inevitably shaped by the traumatic event that affected Belarus – the Chernobyl nuclear accident of 1986. The Belarusian authorities have consistently promoted a positive view of nuclear energy to the population in order to overcome the so-called ‘Chernobyl syndrome’ and deliberately shaped nuclear risk communication. As a result, the issue of trust remains crucial in all nuclear debates in Belarus.

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