Nuclear Energy Perception and Ecological Attitudes

Aleksandra Badora,Krzysztof Kud,Marian Woźniak

doi:10.3390/en14144322

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Abstract

This paper focuses on the analysis of trends in the development of nuclear energy in selected European and non-European countries in the context of the pace of renewable energy development in the world. The perception of Poles related to their openness to various energy sources against the background of European trends was also examined, as well as their ecological approach to the quality of the environment in this context. The survey was carried out using the Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) technique. The total number of correctly completed forms was 923. To identify the ecological attitude, purchasing attitude, and the perception of nuclear energy, the research tool contained a number of statements on the issues studied, and the respondents assessed compliance with their opinion using a seven-point bipolar scale. The semantic differential was also used to gather opinions on the characteristics of nuclear energy. This paper shows that global trends are promoting the development of unstable renewable energy sources and the reduction of the share of nuclear power plants as an energy source. It has also been shown that the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries are more skeptical about nuclear power than countries that do not belong to the OECD (for example, China and Africa).

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Introduction50% increase in energy consumption (compared to 2018)
By 2050, the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) [1] predicts an almost50% increase in energy consumption
One that combines an ecological attitude with a positive attitude towards traditional food, and the other one that combines the features of a rational purchasing attitude

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50% increase in energy consumption (compared to 2018). Most of this increase (Table 1) is expected to come from countries that are not members of the Organization for Economic. Cooperation and Development (OECD), primarily to the rapidly growing economies of Asia [2,3]. 40%, and in the municipal and housing sector—at the level of 65% [4]. These changes are and will be related mainly to the growing incomes in the world scale, progressing urbanization, and increased access to electricity, i.e., with the progress of electrification, especially in non-OECD countries [4]. Energy consumption is expected to increase by up to 79% [5]. It will be related to the development of transport based on electric vehicles—both cars and electrified railways [9]

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