eprintid: 16586 rev_number: 15 eprint_status: archive userid: 1482 importid: 105 dir: disk0/00/01/65/86 datestamp: 2015-03-16 14:50:40 lastmod: 2021-04-02 15:49:28 status_changed: 2016-04-22 08:12:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Huang, Lei creators_name: Zhou, Ying creators_name: Han, Yuting creators_name: Hammitt, James K. creators_name: Bi, Jun creators_name: Liu, Yang creators_idrefppn: 183451279 creators_affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University creators_affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University creators_affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University creators_affiliation: Toulouse School of Economics (Laboratoire d'Economie des Ressources Naturellesâ��Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique) creators_affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University creators_affiliation: Department of Environmental Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University title: Effect of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the risk perception of residents near a nuclear power plant in China ispublished: pub subjects: subjects_ECO abstract: We assessed the influence of the Fukushima nuclear accident (FNA) on the Chinese public’s attitude and acceptance of nuclear power plants in China. Two surveys (before and after the FNA) were administered to separate subsamples of residents near the Tianwan nuclear power plant in Lianyungang, China. A structural equation model was constructed to describe the public acceptance of nuclear power and four risk perception factors: knowledge, perceived risk, benefit, and trust. Regression analysis was conducted to estimate the relationship between acceptance of nuclear power and the risk perception factors while controlling for demographic variables. Meanwhile, we assessed the median public acceptable frequencies for three levels of nuclear events. The FNA had a significant impact on risk perception of the Chinese public, especially on the factor of perceived risk, which increased from limited risk to great risk. Public acceptance of nuclear power decreased significantly after the FNA. The most sensitive groups include females, those not in public service, those with lower income, and those living close to the Tianwan nuclear power plant. Fifty percent of the survey respondents considered it acceptable to have a nuclear anomaly no more than once in 50 y. For nuclear incidents and serious incidents, the frequencies are once in 100 y and 150 y, respectively. The change in risk perception and acceptance may be attributed to the FNA. Decreased acceptance of nuclear power after the FNA among the Chinese public creates additional obstacles to further development of nuclear power in China and require effective communication strategies. date: 2013-12-03 date_type: published publisher: National Academy of Sciences id_number: 10.1073/pnas.1313825110 official_url: http://tse-fr.eu/pub/28534 faculty: tse divisions: tse keywords: public perception keywords: nuclear risk keywords: spatial distribution language: en has_fulltext: TRUE doi: 10.1073/pnas.1313825110 view_date_year: 2013 full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) volume: vol.110 number: n°49 pagerange: 19742-19747 refereed: TRUE issn: 1091-6490 oai_identifier: oai:tse-fr.eu:28534 harvester_local_overwrite: oai_set harvester_local_overwrite: volume harvester_local_overwrite: number harvester_local_overwrite: issn harvester_local_overwrite: faculty harvester_local_overwrite: site harvester_local_overwrite: publication harvester_local_overwrite: publisher harvester_local_overwrite: id_number harvester_local_overwrite: doi harvester_local_overwrite: creators_affiliation harvester_local_overwrite: creators_idrefppn oai_lastmod: 2016-03-15T08:40:34Z oai_set: tse oai_set: ut1c site: ut1 citation: Huang, Lei, Zhou, Ying, Han, Yuting, Hammitt, James K. , Bi, Jun and Liu, Yang (2013) Effect of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the risk perception of residents near a nuclear power plant in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), vol.110 (n°49). pp. 19742-19747. document_url: https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/16586/1/Huang_16586.pdf