TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk perception of nuclear power plants among university students in northeast Asia after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
AU - Ieong, Marco Chi Fong
AU - Ho, Jung Chun
AU - Lee, Patricia Chiao Tze
AU - Hokama, Tomiko
AU - Gima, Tsugiko
AU - Luo, Lingling
AU - Sohn, Myongsei
AU - Kim, So Yoon
AU - Kao, Shu Fen
AU - Hsieh, Wanhwa Annie
AU - Chang, Hung Lun
AU - Chang, Peter Wu Shou
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 APJPH.
PY - 2014/11/24
Y1 - 2014/11/24
N2 - To examine the perception of nuclear energy risks among Asian university students following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a standardized questionnaire survey was conducted since July 2011 after the Fukushima disaster. A total of 1814 respondents from 18 universities in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan participated in this survey. It showed that students with the following characteristics had a higher preference for "a clear schedule to phase out nuclear power plant (NPP)": females (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.44-2.34), in Japan (aOR = 2.81, 95% CI = 2.02-3.90), in China (aOR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.04-2.09), and with perceived relative risks of cancer incidence greaterthan 1 (aOR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.07-1.88). "If nuclear energy were phased out," the opinions on potential electricity shortage were as follows: Japan, aOR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.40-0.69; China, aOR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.75-3.45; and associated with academic majors (science/technology, aOR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.31-0.59; medicine/health science, aOR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.49-0.84). The results carried essential messages for nuclear energy policy in East Asia.
AB - To examine the perception of nuclear energy risks among Asian university students following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a standardized questionnaire survey was conducted since July 2011 after the Fukushima disaster. A total of 1814 respondents from 18 universities in China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan participated in this survey. It showed that students with the following characteristics had a higher preference for "a clear schedule to phase out nuclear power plant (NPP)": females (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.44-2.34), in Japan (aOR = 2.81, 95% CI = 2.02-3.90), in China (aOR = 1.48, 95% CI = 1.04-2.09), and with perceived relative risks of cancer incidence greaterthan 1 (aOR = 1.42, 95% CI = 1.07-1.88). "If nuclear energy were phased out," the opinions on potential electricity shortage were as follows: Japan, aOR = 0.53, 95% CI = 0.40-0.69; China, aOR = 2.46, 95% CI = 1.75-3.45; and associated with academic majors (science/technology, aOR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.31-0.59; medicine/health science, aOR = 0.64, 95% CI = 0.49-0.84). The results carried essential messages for nuclear energy policy in East Asia.
KW - Fukushima
KW - Northeast Asia
KW - nuclear energy
KW - risk perception
KW - university student
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U2 - 10.1177/1010539514532491
DO - 10.1177/1010539514532491
M3 - Article
C2 - 24789816
AN - SCOPUS:84911470430
SN - 1010-5395
VL - 26
SP - 631
EP - 641
JO - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health
IS - 6
ER -
