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Public acceptance of nuclear power among Malaysian students

Volume 298, Issue 1, 12 February 2018, Article number 012049

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Main Authors: Pauzi, A.M., Saad, J.M., Abu Bakar, A.A., Damahuri, A.H., Mohd Syukri, N.S.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-103572018-12-06T06:40:15Z Public acceptance of nuclear power among Malaysian students Pauzi, A.M. Saad, J.M. Abu Bakar, A.A. Damahuri, A.H. Mohd Syukri, N.S. Volume 298, Issue 1, 12 February 2018, Article number 012049 Malaysian government's aim to include nuclear energy for electricity generation has triggered various reactions from all especially the public. The objective of this study is to have a better understanding on the knowledge, sources of information of nuclear power and sources of energy chosen by Malaysian in 20 years' time. Besides that, we want to examine the level of acceptance and perception of Malaysian towards nuclear energy and we want to identify the correlation between public perceptions with the acceptance towards nuclear power in Malaysia, and also to study the differences between perception and acceptance of nuclear power with gender and educational level. For this research methodology, the research questions are given orally or through paper-pencil and also social networking site such as Facebook or through electronic media application such as WhatsApp and Google docs. The data were analysed using a SPSS version 22.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences). Results showed that more than 50% of the respondents have the knowledge of nuclear energy. A part of from that, only 39 % are confident government can afford to build NPP in Malaysia and 41 % disagree nuclear energy is the best option for future energy. From analysis using SPSS 22 we estimate negative perception will give a negative acceptance in term of support towards the use of nuclear energy in power generation in Malaysia. There are also slight correlation that the higher the level of education of Malaysian, the more negative the perception of Malaysian in accepting nuclear energy as source of power in Malaysia. Therefore in shaping a positive acceptance of NPP in Malaysia, the authorities need to educate the people with the knowledge of nuclear in order to overcome the negative perception towards nuclear power. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. 2018-10-31T07:50:51Z 2018-10-31T07:50:51Z 2018 Article 10.1088/1757-899X/298/1/012049 en International Nuclear Science, Technology and Engineering Conference 2017, iNuSTEC 2017; Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN)Kajang, Selangor; Malaysia; 25 September 2017 through 27 September 2017; Code 135155
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author Pauzi, A.M.
Saad, J.M.
Abu Bakar, A.A.
Damahuri, A.H.
Mohd Syukri, N.S.
spellingShingle Pauzi, A.M.
Saad, J.M.
Abu Bakar, A.A.
Damahuri, A.H.
Mohd Syukri, N.S.
Public acceptance of nuclear power among Malaysian students
author_facet Pauzi, A.M.
Saad, J.M.
Abu Bakar, A.A.
Damahuri, A.H.
Mohd Syukri, N.S.
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title Public acceptance of nuclear power among Malaysian students
title_short Public acceptance of nuclear power among Malaysian students
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