A Survey and Analysis on the Sense of Nuclear Safety &amp; Security for the Public: A Chinese Perspective

Yunxian, Yan; Lu, Fanghua

doi:10.3390/su10072495

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“…Each discipline views the sense of safety from different perspectives, with several associated common factors: experience, trust, situations, and perceptions, etc. [14,15]. Some studies have tried to explain the sense of safety or safety control from the perspective of risk perception in the context of COVID-19.…”

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Risk Perception and Sense of Public Health Safety: The Mediating Role of Emotional Perception

Shi,

Liu,

2023

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused significant economic, social, and cultural impacts, but it has also significantly influenced the public’s sense of psychological health and safety. Therefore, this study aimed to explain the theoretical logic of risk perception and the sense of public health safety. A conceptual framework of risk perception consisting of four dimensions—emotional perception, information perception, trust perception, and efficacy perception—was constructed. Additionally, the impact of risk perception on the sense of public health safety was empirically explored. By conducting an analysis of a survey of 292 residents in China, we found that risk perception had different impacts on residents’ sense of public health safety. Emotional perception and information perception had significantly negative effects on the sense of public health safety, while the effects of trust perception and efficacy perception were significantly positive. Notably, emotional perception played a partial mediating role in the impact of information perception, trust perception, and efficacy perception on sense of public health safety, respectively. The findings of this study showed that emotional perception is a critical mechanism for improving residents’ sense of public health safety. Some certain guidance measures are provided to reduce public anxiety and fear during pandemics.

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Risk Perception and Sense of Public Health Safety: The Mediating Role of Emotional Perception

Shi,

Liu,

2023

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“…Hence, the nuclear societies worldwide have been developing new and innovative reactors with the objective of guaranteeing safety under any circumstances and in natural disasters. Due to the increment of the requirements for the nuclear safety and security [1], there are a lot of research and technology developments to improve the safety, sustainability, efficiency, and cost in nuclear power plants (e.g., Generation IV reactors [2,3], Thorium reactors [4], and small modular reactors [5,6]). Currently, the research on small modular reactors (SMRs) is increasing rapidly owing to the advantages of these devices.…”

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Numerical Study on the Effects of Relative Diameters on the Performance of Small Modular Reactors Driven by Natural Circulation

Kim

Lee

et al. 2020

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Most of the small modular reactors (SMRs) under development worldwide present the same components: an integral reactor vessel with a low-positioned core as the heat source and a high-positioned steam generator as the heat sink. Moreover, some SMRs are being designed to be driven by natural circulation during normal power generation. This work focused on such designs and on their performance, considering the changes generated by the geometric and hydraulic parameters of the system. Numerical simulations using mass, momentum, and energy equations that considered buoyancy forces were performed to determine the effects of various geometric and hydraulic parameters, such as diameters and flow resistances, on the reactor’s performance. It was found that nonuniform diameters promote velocity changes that affect the natural circulation flow rate. Moreover, the reactor’s temperature distribution depends on the steam generator tube pitch. Therefore, the hydraulic diameters of the reactor’s coolant passages should be maintained as uniform as possible to obtain a more uniform temperature distribution and a larger mass flow rate in SMRs.

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“…From then on, the field of public perception is further extended. More research has been applied into risk perception towards biological disasters [14], environmental pollution [15], food safety [16], climate change [17], water quality [18], or perceptions of the risks from nuclear power [19,20] as well as exploration of the relationship between risk perception, individual culture, and social background [21]. More detailed research includes establishing and testing the hypothetical relationship between the influencing factors and the perceived quality in government service [22], or describing public perception for a particular service quality and measuring influence factors [23].…”

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A Psychological Approach to ‘Public Perception’ of Land-Use Planning: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

Jiang

et al. 2018

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Public perception and attitudes towards public affairs in the USA since the 1960s become a societal issue of growing importance in the field of planning. Good land-use planning should deliver a bright future vision in a way that unites and inspires groups to implement it. The introduction of public perception into planning helps to understand the process of how the public develop their awareness, value judgments, behavior and attitudes. In this research, we built the framework of public perception in land-use planning based on the affect, behavior, cognition (ABC) theory of consumer behavior. We gathered empirical data for Jiangsu province in China. We used structural equation modeling, a commonly used statistical analysis method for examining the structural relationship between multiple variables. We found that the public perception towards public affairs contributed to forming a multiple iterative interaction effect, which evolves a process from primary cognition to knowledge extraction, internalized absorption, emotional judgement and finally externalization into a certain attitudes and behaviors. On the cognitive level, our research result showed that public expectation and perceived quality have opposite effects on perceived difference and the public expectation is more influential. If the planning vision provides a clear and convincing picture of the future, and the information of planning is easy to understand, the public’s cognition and emotion can be well integrated. The core element of the emotional level is perceived value. The public is more concerned about a new planning project if it can add the value to the land, protect community environment, and improve the condition of low-income and minority populations. On the behavior level, public continuous behavior intentions could enhance perceived value, subjective norms and perceived availability. The research could further account for the root of public attitudes and behavior. This is crucial to China's land-use policy, and may well provide important lessons for other developing countries.

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A Survey and Analysis on the Sense of Nuclear Safety & Security for the Public: A Chinese Perspective

Cited by 4 publications

References 7 publications

Risk Perception and Sense of Public Health Safety: The Mediating Role of Emotional Perception

Risk Perception and Sense of Public Health Safety: The Mediating Role of Emotional Perception

Numerical Study on the Effects of Relative Diameters on the Performance of Small Modular Reactors Driven by Natural Circulation

A Psychological Approach to ‘Public Perception’ of Land-Use Planning: A Case Study of Jiangsu Province, China

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