Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study
Social acceptance of nuclear power has become a decisive factor in framing a sustainable energy policy. This study examines social acceptance for cancelling the construction of planned nuclear power plants (NPPs) and replacing them with other energy sources. The contingent valuation method (CVM) and...
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| author | Woo, JongRoul Lim, Sesil Lee, Yong-Gil Huh, Sung-Yoon |
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| description | Social acceptance of nuclear power has become a decisive factor in framing a sustainable energy policy. This study examines social acceptance for cancelling the construction of planned nuclear power plants (NPPs) and replacing them with other energy sources. The contingent valuation method (CVM) and cost–benefit analysis (CBA) are used to access the social acceptance and financial feasibility of such projects. Empirical analysis is based on the case of South Korea, where a similar policy is in progress under the new government. The CVM results show that a Korean household was willing to pay an additional KRW 1922.45/month (USD 1.80/month) for replacing seven 1-Gigawatt NPPs with other energy sources, which is about 3.5% of a household’s current electricity bill. The CBA suggests that the annual costs of replacing this amount of nuclear power capacity with renewables or liquefied natural gas is KRW 1291.40 billion (USD 1.21 billion) or KRW 1180.38 billion (USD 1.11 billion) larger than its benefits, which amounts to about 3% of total annual electricity generation costs in South Korea. As the additional costs of nuclear power replacement cannot be fully covered by the mean willingness-to-pay of the current acceptance level, moderate levels of social resistance are expected if all the additional costs are passed on to the end-users. Keywords: social acceptance; nuclear power; renewable energy; liquefied natural gas; contingent valuation method; willingness to pay |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1194232022-09-30T00:15:44Z Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study Woo, JongRoul Lim, Sesil Lee, Yong-Gil Huh, Sung-Yoon Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society Woo, JongRoul Social acceptance of nuclear power has become a decisive factor in framing a sustainable energy policy. This study examines social acceptance for cancelling the construction of planned nuclear power plants (NPPs) and replacing them with other energy sources. The contingent valuation method (CVM) and cost–benefit analysis (CBA) are used to access the social acceptance and financial feasibility of such projects. Empirical analysis is based on the case of South Korea, where a similar policy is in progress under the new government. The CVM results show that a Korean household was willing to pay an additional KRW 1922.45/month (USD 1.80/month) for replacing seven 1-Gigawatt NPPs with other energy sources, which is about 3.5% of a household’s current electricity bill. The CBA suggests that the annual costs of replacing this amount of nuclear power capacity with renewables or liquefied natural gas is KRW 1291.40 billion (USD 1.21 billion) or KRW 1180.38 billion (USD 1.11 billion) larger than its benefits, which amounts to about 3% of total annual electricity generation costs in South Korea. As the additional costs of nuclear power replacement cannot be fully covered by the mean willingness-to-pay of the current acceptance level, moderate levels of social resistance are expected if all the additional costs are passed on to the end-users. Keywords: social acceptance; nuclear power; renewable energy; liquefied natural gas; contingent valuation method; willingness to pay 2018-12-04T18:34:27Z 2018-12-04T18:34:27Z 2018-10 2018-09 2018-11-22T14:25:31Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2071-1050 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/119423 Woo, JongRoul et al. "Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study." Sustainability 10, 11 (October 2018): 3833 © 2018 The Authors http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10113833 Sustainability Creative Commons Attribution http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| spellingShingle | Woo, JongRoul Lim, Sesil Lee, Yong-Gil Huh, Sung-Yoon Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title | Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title_full | Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title_fullStr | Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title_short | Financial Feasibility and Social Acceptance for Reducing Nuclear Power Plants: A Contingent Valuation Study |
| title_sort | financial feasibility and social acceptance for reducing nuclear power plants a contingent valuation study |
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