Abstract
With the new round of global nuclear issues, the populace’s emotion has been tensed and discomposure has been trigged off. To accurately understand the sense of nuclear safety & security for the Chinese public and ensure that the government makes reasonable decisions regarding nuclear issues, a special questionnaire and evaluation has been carried out. With the use of the principles for sociology of security, the methods of questionnaires and SPSS, a three-dimension assessment system, which consists of knowledge and experience, internal, and external trust, and the way of perception, was constructed. This research shows that the state of Chinese populace’s sense of nuclear safety & security is generally as follows: their knowledge of nuclear safety & security and personal experience are still on a low to intermediate level; In terms of trust, it shows that the populace has lack of adequate trust in nuclear safety & security of neighboring countries or regions, as well as Chinese government’s countermeasures; in the way of perception of nuclear safety & security, the populace has few options of related information sources and though the sources are less reliable. Also, the size of the audience of nuclear safety & security is far short of what is desired. Finally, the comprehensive assessment holds that the current overall sense of security for the Chinese populace is on a low to intermediate level (40.71%). This paper points out that China should strengthen the popularization of the security of nuclear science to enhance public security confidence, also, further, more detailed and specific safeguarding measures regarding nuclear safety & security should be made to promote the development of nuclear safety & security affairs.
Highlights
In the course of international energy structure improvement, the utilization of nuclear energy accompanied by nuclear arms race has set off a new round of high tide
With the advent of a new round of global nuclear issues, people have become increasingly aware of the nuclear risks
Preceding related studies mostly focused on the opinion polls of nuclear issues, but a few specific measurements and evaluations to the sense of nuclear safety & security were conducted
Summary
In the course of international energy structure improvement, the utilization of nuclear energy accompanied by nuclear arms race has set off a new round of high tide. With the advent of a new round of global nuclear issues, people have become increasingly aware of the nuclear risks. The “Sense of Nuclear safety & security”, from a perspective of social psychology, refers to the populace’s perception of the security of nuclear devices, facilities, materials, environment, and nuclear activities existing globally, regionally or that are close to life. It can be measured and evaluated by public security satisfaction. The total level for the current Chinese populace’s sense of nuclear safety & security and their prominent problems were discussed; some conclusions and the future improvements are discussed at the end of the paper
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