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Who has become more open to nuclear power because of climate change?
- Source :
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Climatic Change . Jan2013, Vol. 116 Issue 2, p389-409. 21p. - Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Even in the face of the March 2011 accident at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan, nuclear power is being promoted in the U.S. as a necessary response to global climate change. Conducted prior to the Fukushima accident, the present study used a nation-wide telephone survey of 2751 U.S. residents to assess the factors that influence whether a person has become more open to nuclear power because of global climate change rather than supportive or opposed to nuclear power. Results showed that belief that climate change is a risk and is human-caused, belief that nuclear energy contributes to climate change, environmental support, cultural worldviews, and selected socio-demographics consistently predicted openness to nuclear power because of climate change. Implications of the current results and avenues for additional research on this topic are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01650009
- Volume :
- 116
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Climatic Change
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 84486465
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-012-0497-2