Evaluating the public perceptions of nuclear power in China: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey

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	Evaluating the public perceptions of nuclear power in China: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey
	Sun, Chuanwang ; Zhu, Xiting ; Sun CW(孙传旺)
刊名	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.011
	2014
关键词	WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE ENERGY FUKUSHIMA GENERATION REDUCTIONS SUPPORT IMPACT WTP US
英文摘要	National Natural Science Foundation of China [71303199, 71373218]; Ministry of Education Foundation of China [13YJC790123, 11JBGP006, 13JZD010]; Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [201122G008, 2014221001]; National Social Science Foundation of China [13ZD167]; After the Fukushima nuclear accident, more and more attention has been paid to the safety issues of nuclear power in China, even though it is a clean and necessary substitution to coal power. Due to the consideration about the uncertainty of nuclear safety, the local citizens may resist the nuclear power programs in their neighborhood, as indicated by the anti-nuclear movement in Jiangmen 2013. This phenomenon is often related to the public perceptions of "not-in-my-back-yard" (NIMABY). The explosion of anti-nuclear movements will impose adverse effects on the nuclear power decision-making in China. Based on the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM), we evaluate the public Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) for avoiding the construction of nuclear power plants in their neighborhood. Moreover, we analyze whether more information about nuclear energy could improve the public acceptance. Our results show that the comprehensive information will decrease the public risk perception of nuclear power and increase the public support for nuclear power policy. This paper further suggests that China's decision makers should improve policy transparency and encourage the public involvement of nuclear energy decision making. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://dspace.xmu.edu.cn/handle/2288/90185]
专题	经济学院－已发表论文
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Sun, Chuanwang,Zhu, Xiting,Sun CW. Evaluating the public perceptions of nuclear power in China: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey[J]. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.011,2014.
APA	Sun, Chuanwang,Zhu, Xiting,&孙传旺.(2014).Evaluating the public perceptions of nuclear power in China: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey.http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.011.
MLA	Sun, Chuanwang,et al."Evaluating the public perceptions of nuclear power in China: Evidence from a contingent valuation survey".http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2014.03.011 (2014).