“I can live with nuclear energy if…”: Exploring public perceptions of nuclear energy in Singapore

Environmental Debates over Nuclear Energy: Media, Communication, and the Public

“…A recent comparative study based on focus group discussions conducted in Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam found that although citizens from these countries are generally exposed to nuclear energy through a combination of communication mediums, large variations still exists in how people use the media channels and in how they perceive the credibility of the local news media in conveying information about nuclear energy . In addition, inter-generational differences in terms of perceived credibility of the communication mediums, as well as trust in potential stakeholders in managing a nuclear power plant were detected in a recent study based in Singapore (Ho, Looi, Chuah, Leong, & Pang, 2018). Such studies examining countries that are at the nascent stages of nuclear energy development remained scant.…”

“…Based on a meta-analysis of 34 empirical studies over the past two decades, Ho et al (2018) systematically identify and examine the relative effect sizes of 19 factors on public perceptions of benefits, risks, and acceptance of nuclear energy. Although science knowledge has a positive impact on the public acceptance of nuclear energy, they show that the size of the effects of other predictors including sex, education, public perceptions of benefits, risks and costs regarding nuclear energy, and trust on public acceptance of nuclear energy were substantially larger.…”

“…Another key research trajectory is to adopt a cross-cultural approach to studies of nuclear energy discourse. As pointed out in Ho et al's (2018) meta-analysis, a majority of the public perception studies were confined to certain regions of the world, and therefore more research is needed in other parts of the world including Africa, South Asia, and the Middle East. This is echoed by the Oshita's (2018) study that highlighted that additional comparative studies on emergency preparedness communication of nuclear power plants are needed as most studies are currently based in the US and Europe.…”

Investigating Cationic Distribution, Defect Structure and Phosphor Characteristics of Na2Sm2Ca6(PO4)6F2

“…Fossil fuel‐based energy sources are now being replaced with renewable energy sources like solar energy, bio‐energy, geothermal energy, nuclear energy, hydropower, wind energy and ocean energy gradually . Nuclear energy can provide power by emitting very low amount of greenhouse gases and the produced energy . Besides efficient electrical power production it can be also used for desalination, actinide incineration, hydrogen production, and many other industrial heat applications.…”

Spokespersons for science : examining the attitudinal and behavioral influences of opinion leaders on YouTube

“…Nuclear energy development has also continually polarized public opinion(Ho, 2016), which are reflected in the national energy plans These countries have planned to focus on investing in renewable energy and enhancing energy efficiency instead(Ho, 2016;Mah, Hills & Tao, 2014). Contrastingly, other countries (e.g., United States, United Kingdom, France) have drawn up ambitious plans to construct more nuclear power plants(CNN, 2017;Ho, Looi, Chuah, Leong & Pang, 2018b). Such differing attitudes toward nuclear energy development are also reflected in Asia.…”