Public Risk Perception of Nuclear Power in Serbia: Fear of Exposure to Radiation vs. Social Benefits

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Nuclear power (NP) remains one of the choices for increasing environmental and social concerns related to energy needs due to its relatively low level of emissions. At the other hand, serious problems can arise as a result of potential accidents. For example, the nuclear power plant (NPP) crisis in Fukushima Daichi (2011) has caused a great deal of concern not only for the Japanese people, but also for the world. Today, the consequences of this occasion continue in EU countries. However, Serbia does not have an NP plant on its own, it has about 15 NP stations around it. The Serbian Government, therefore, wanted to know what the majority of its people think about nuclear energy (NE) and possible consistency. The objective of this paper is to present the results of the Serbian population assessment of the NP risk perception of the trial. A series of 270 face-to-face interviews took place in the public square of Belgrade in March 2019. A logistic regression analysis was used to examine the cumulative effects of the different risk factors. As a key result, it was found that almost all respondents did not support the construction of the NP in Serbia. In addition, this research identified several important variables that have a significant impact on the perception of the public risk of NP.

Cvetković, V., Öcal, A., Lyamzina, Y., Noji, E., Milošević, G., & Jovanović, M. (2020). Public Risk Perception of Nuclear Power in Serbia: Fear of Exposure to Radiation vs. Social Benefits. Advance. Preprint. doi:10.31124/advance.13082240.v1

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Vladimir Cvetkovic

Prof. dr Vladimir M. Cvetković je zaposlen na Univerziteta u Beogradu, Fakultetu bezbednosti i realizuje nastavu na predmetima: Upravlјanje rizicima u vanrednim situacijama, Zaštita od prirodnih i antropogenih katastrofa, Bezbednosni rizici i katastrofe, Metodologija procene rizika od katastrofa, Rukovodjenje u vanrednim situacijama, Smanjenje rizika od katastrofa. Više od 15 godina se bavi istraživanjem u oblasti studija katastrofa. Objavio je preko 250 naučnih radova i 20 knjiga iz oblasti studija katastrofa. Predsednik je i osnivač Naučnog stručnog društva za upravlјanje rizicima u vanrednim situacijama, Međunarodnog instituta za istraživanje katastrofa i glavni urednik Međunarodnog časopisa za upravlјanje rizicima od katastrofa (International Institute for Disaster Research). Dobitnik je brojnih nagrada od čega je najznačajnija nagrada za najboljeg mladog naučnika Srbije ,,Danubius Young Scientist Award 2017“ koja se dodeljuje od strane Austrijskog ministarstva za nauku, istraživanje i ekonomiju (BMWFW) i Instituta za Dunavski region i Centralnu Evropu (IDM) za izuzetna dostignuća u nauci. Više o njegovoj biografiji možete pogledati na sledećoj adresi - https://vladimircvetkovic.upravljanje-rizicima.edu.rs/.