Naslov
Public Opinion Survey - Energy – The Present and the Future – 2012/2013

Autori
Trontl, Krešimir ; Pevec, Dubravko ; Matijević, Mario ; Ječmenica, Radomir ; Lebegner, Josip

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids / Čavlina, Nikola ; Grgić, Davor ; Pevec, Dubravko - Zagreb : Croatian Nuclear Society, 2014, 115-1

ISBN
978-953-55224-6-1

Skup
10th International Conference on Nuclear Option in Countries with Small and Medium Electricity Grids

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 01.06.2014. - 04.06.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
public opinion survey; energy; nuclear energy

Sažetak
During the academic year 2012/2013 the Department of Applied Physics of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb conducted a public opinion survey entitled “Energy – The Present and the Future” among student population of more than 950 individuals. The tested population consisted of the University of Zagreb five faculties’ and one polytechnic school’s students: the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, the Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, the Faculty of Civil Engineering, the Faculty of Science, and the Polytechnic of Zagreb. The questions in the survey covered several different energy issues, including the present and the future energy resources, the acceptability of different fuel type power plants, the environmental protection and global warming, the radioactivity, the waste issues, reliable information sources, and position of participants towards climate change issues, as well as European Union and Croatian goals set for the year 2020. The basic results of survey analysis for nuclear oriented questions, as well as the comparison of results of the current survey with the results of the similar surveys conducted in the academic years 2007/2008 and 2009/2010, are reported in this paper. Participants generally express high level of formal environmental awareness. However, their choices and attitudes are in a contradiction to claimed eco-orientation, as well as to the scientific facts. The discrepancies are particularly noticeable in parts of the survey dealing with the nuclear energy and the nuclear power plants. The participants are also demonstrating lack of knowledge on nuclear issues especially regarding radioactive waste, as well as economics and operational safety of nuclear power plants.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Elektrotehnika

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