scholarly journals The relationship between public acceptance of nuclear power generation and spent nuclear fuel reuse: Implications for promotion of spent nuclear fuel reuse and public engagement

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungkook Roh ◽  
Dongwook Kim
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation ◽  
The Relationship

Service Information Database for Consumer Acceptance

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenji Iino ◽  
Masayuki Nakao ◽  
Tsukasa Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Service Work ◽  
Public Acceptance ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Utility Company ◽  
Service Information ◽  
Utility Companies ◽  
Poor Management

Hardly any engineering product is free of trouble and it has to go through service work, corrective or preventive. Fixing a mechanical pencil with a jammed lead is relatively an easy task for a mechanical engineer, whereas maintaining a power plant requires thorough planning, material handling, work order processing, and huge workforce. Naturally service work for large structures require a well designed database. The authors have shown [1] the importance of feeding service information back to the designer for authorization so the serviceperson will not “invent” maintenance work that may lead to product failure. This paper further suggests opening the whole service process to the public. The idea is especially valuable for some industries that need public acceptance, e.g., nuclear power generation. Nuclear power generation is often a subject of debate for public acceptance. This paper discusses two incidents of cover-ups by utility companies that caused large setback in their public acceptance, one case of overreaction triggered by the media showing dramatic accident scenes without explaining what was going wrong, and an example of poor management that cost a utility company its credence with the public. Up to the time of these incidents utility companies, out of the mindset of “Public do not understand our highly technical operation so telling them what is going on just creates confusion,” tended not to fully explain events that may have affected the public. Thanks to the way information flows around the world these days, even though we may not follow the “techy” words, there are those that understand the phenomena and are good at rephrasing the information so we can easily understand them. The utility company in the poor management case, Chugoku Electric Power Company (ENERGIA), in its efforts to recover the public trust, started a new service information system on the web that opens information about troubles and nonconformance in their plants to the public. This paper explains this new system that is currently in operation. It is a total change in the way a utility company interacts with the public. The courageous step by ENERGIA raises the public knowledge and awareness of nuclear power generation and assures security and safety to the society. The INTERNET is making it harder for companies, administration, educational institutions or any other entities to operate without public acceptance. Opening information is a way we all have to get used to in the coming years.

scholarly journals Nuclear Power Generation and Nuclear Fuel

1985 ◽  
Vol 71 (6) ◽  
pp. 661-671
Author(s):  
Yasujiro OKAJIMA
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation

Local Negotiation on Compensation: Siting of the Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository in Finland

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Kojo
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Nuclear Waste ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Spent Nuclear Fuel ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Nuclear Waste Management ◽  
Power Company ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the paper is to analyse the local negotiation process between the Municipality of Eurajoki and the nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) and the nuclear waste management company Posiva Oy. The aim of the negotiations was to find an acceptable form of compensation for siting a spent nuclear fuel repository in Olkiluoto, Finland. The paper includes background information on the siting process in Finland, the local political setting in the Municipality of Eurajoki and a description of the negotiation process. The analysis of the negotiations on compensation is important for better understanding the progress of the Finnish siting process. The paper describes the picture of the contest to host the spent nuclear fuel repository. It also provides more information on the relationship between the Municipality of Eurajoki and the power company TVO. The negotiations on compensation and the roles of various players in the negotiations have not been studied in detail because the minutes of the Vuojoki liaison group were not available before the decision of the Supreme Administrative Court in May 2006.

Exploring the perception of Nigerians towards nuclear power generation

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Daniel R. E. Ewim ◽  
Stephen S. Oyewobi ◽  
Michael O. Dioha ◽  
Chibuike E. Daraojimba ◽  
Suzzie O. Oyakhire ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation

Nuclear Power Generation

2018 ◽  
pp. 85-92
Author(s):  
Takashiro Akitsu
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Nuclear Power Generation
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