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Close or renew? Factors affecting local community support for rebuilding nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic

SYSNO ASEP	0478090
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Close or renew? Factors affecting local community support for rebuilding nuclear power plants in the Czech Republic
Author(s)	Frantál, Bohumil (UGN-S)_{RID, ORCID} Malý, Jiří (UGN-S)_{ORCID, SAI, RID}
Number of authors	2
Source Title	Energy Policy. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0301-4215 Roč. 140, č. 140 (2017), s. 134-143
Number of pages	10 s.
Publication form	Online - E
Language	eng - English
Country	GB - United Kingdom
Keywords	nuclear power plants ; rebuilding ; community acceptance
Subject RIV	DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
OECD category	Cultural and economic geography
R&D Projects	GA16-04483S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	UGN-S - RVO:68145535
UT WOS	000397549500014
DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.048
Annotation	Rebuilding and upgrading of existing nuclear power plants represent a great energy policy challenge today. In this paper, factors that affect local community support for the rebuilding of an existing nuclear power plant are explored using a regression analysis model. It is based on a survey involving nearly 600 residents of twelve municipalities located in the vicinity of the Dukovany power plant in the Czech Republic. Nearly two thirds of local population support the rebuilding of the plant. The support for rebuilding is not directly affected by distance of residence from the power plant or perceptions of its local economic impacts, but is more influenced by general perceptions of pros of nuclear power. Work in the power plant, perception of nuclear power as a clean energy contributing to climate change mitigation and negative attitude to the renewable energy development are strongest predictors of the support. In terms of energy policy implications, it seems that the education of the public and awareness of nuclear power plants as a clean, safe and landscape compatible system of energy production are more important for increasing acceptance of rebuilding projects than spatial distribution of economic benefits to local communities.
Workplace	Institute of Geonics
Contact	Lucie Gurková, lucie.gurkova@ugn.cas.cz, Tel.: 596 979 354
Year of Publishing	2018
Electronic address	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421517300599

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