● Interdisciplinary Research between Nuclear engineering-Humanities & Social Science
To foster nuclear industry, it is prerequisite to understand the source of conflicts in society, to seek potential ways to solve the conflicts, and, in turn, to improve public acceptance toward nuclear power/energy. The interdisciplinary research between nuclear engineering-humanities & social science is to build a regional cooperation to foster the public acceptance. Based on news articles, social data, and a series of statistics, this research project examines the issues about nuclear power plants and analyzes the reasons behind the risk perception of public toward nuclear power. At the same time, to broad our understanding on issues concerning nuclear power plants in South Korea, the research team conducts qualitative analyses such as focused group interviews (FGI) and field research. It enables us to devise effective means solve underlying problems behind thw low public acceptance of nuclear power. Furthermore, we aim to develop communication platforms among the public and other principle interest groups, to capture policy demands from the public, and to lay the ground for stable operation of nuclear power plants and regional revitalization.
