This is our group project for course MEHB513-Introduction Of Nuclear Technology. We are the final year students of Universiti Tenaga Nasional,Putrajaya Campus. This blog will delivered information about the nuclear energy to support our country Malaysia for having first nuclear plant to enrich the power plant system technology.
In general, it seems the people increasingly supportive of nuclear when they feel better informed. Survey in Europe country shows that a quarter feel "completely uninformed" about them and a further half feel "not very well informed". As seen above, the feeling of being informed is linked to whether or not a country has nuclear power plants....
The mass media are peoples main source of information, with 87% getting their information from television, 44% from radio and 37% from local or regional newspaper. Only a few think that media provide sufficient information to form an opinion on nuclear issues. But then who is trusted to provide information on nuclear safety?, the table below provide some insight towards the issue (From Safety and Energy Technologies polls).....
Although the mass media are the most used sources to gather news, in the case of nuclear safety people tend not to trust journalist as much as more specialized sources of information such as scientist or environmental organisations. National Goverments are trusted by less than 1/3 of the people. lol! =P...
The public primarily trust scientist and NGOs on nuclear matters. Trust in national governments on these issues is low, presenting a clear problem for how governments can successfully communicate with their public. If Malaysia plan to build Nuclear Power Plant in the future, 60% nationwide must in favor of using nuclear energy.
This will give a rough idea on how to win people support for government plant on building nuclear power plant, that is by providing information on these matter by trusted source.
