Literature Review on Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy: Research Outline, Theoretical Framework, and Prospect

Authors

DU Juan, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
ZHU Xufeng, School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Keywords

nuclear energy; public acceptance; review of research method and theory; theoretical framework

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Public acceptance of nuclear energy is a rapidly developing cross-cutting research topic and one of the most representative research topics in the risk perception discipline. The domestic academia is still in its exploratory stage and relatively lags behind the international academic frontier in its theoretical level and research methods. This study takes the journal articles in the authoritative scientific indexes as the object, and employs the methods of theoretical review to conduct comprehensive research. Based on a review of the literature on public acceptance of nuclear energy in China and abroad, this article integrates the determinants of public acceptance of nuclear energy identified by the existing research into a unified analytical framework. The article further points out the gaps and weaknesses in existing research and discusses the directions for future research.

First page

677

Last Page

692

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

Juan, DU and Xufeng, ZHU (2019) "Literature Review on Public Acceptance of Nuclear Energy: Research Outline, Theoretical Framework, and Prospect," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 34 : Iss. 6 , Article 8.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.2019.06.009
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol34/iss6/8