TY - JOUR
T1 - Public response to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station
AU - Pijawka, David
N1 - Funding Information:
tThis investigation was funded by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), The Post Licensing Study of Socioeconomic Impacts of Nuclear Power Station Siting (NRC-0478-192). The public response to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Station was part of a larger study on the socioeconomic consequences of the nuclear facility submitted to the NRC. The Post Licensing Study examined twelve nuclear facilities including the Three Mile Island station and the accident. The author is grateful to P. Bergmann, K. Branch, J. Chalmers, J. Dworkin, and A. Sharaf for their comments.
PY - 1982/8
Y1 - 1982/8
N2 - We examine the nature of the public response to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station located in San Luis Obispo, California, from the early 1960s to the present. Four distinct phases of public intervention were discerned, based on change in both plant-related issues and in the nature of the antinuclear constituencies in the region. The level of public concern varied both geographically and temporally and is related to the area's social structure, environmental predispositions, and distribution of plant-related economic benefits. External events, such as the prolonged debate over the risk assessment of the seismic hazard and the Three Mile Island accident were found to be important factors in explaining variation in public concern and political response.
AB - We examine the nature of the public response to the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Generating Station located in San Luis Obispo, California, from the early 1960s to the present. Four distinct phases of public intervention were discerned, based on change in both plant-related issues and in the nature of the antinuclear constituencies in the region. The level of public concern varied both geographically and temporally and is related to the area's social structure, environmental predispositions, and distribution of plant-related economic benefits. External events, such as the prolonged debate over the risk assessment of the seismic hazard and the Three Mile Island accident were found to be important factors in explaining variation in public concern and political response.
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U2 - 10.1016/0360-5442(82)90003-2
DO - 10.1016/0360-5442(82)90003-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0020169309
SN - 0360-5442
VL - 7
SP - 667
EP - 680
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
IS - 8
ER -