Perceptions of Nuclear and Other Risks in Japan and the United States

George W. Hinman, Eugene A. Rosa, Randall R. Kleinhesselink and Thomas C. Lowinger

Risk Analysis, 1993, vol. 13, issue 4, 449-455

Abstract: As part of a study of nuclear power development in Japan and the United States, surveys of perceptions of risk toward 30 activities, substances, and technologies have been carried out in the Pacific Northwest and Tokyo, Japan. The results show that people in both countries have the highest level of dread toward nuclear waste disposal, nuclear accidents, and nuclear war, greater even than their dread of crime and AIDS. In addition to comparisons of dread, the paper also discusses similarities and differences between Japanese and American responses for other dimensions of risk perception.

Date: 1993
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