Abstract
Background: This foundational study on educational interventions aimed to analyze the changes in awareness, knowledge, and attitudes of young learners after they received objective information on safety management. Materials and Methods: Educational sessions on nuclear power and radiation safety were delivered to 4,934 Korean elementary, middle, and high school students in two separate sessions conducted in 2016 and 2017. The effects of these interventions were subsequently analyzed. Results and Discussion: Learner attitudes toward safety were found to be the predominant variables affecting the post-intervention risk (safety) awareness of nuclear power generation. Conclusion: The safety awareness of future generations will significantly influence policy decisions on nuclear power generation. Hence, the design of educational interventions on this subject must match variables suited to learner levels.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 108-116 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Radiation Protection and Research |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2020 Sept 30 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was granted financial resource from the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC), Republic of Korea.
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2020 The Korean Association for Radiation Protection
Keywords
- Education
- Nuclear
- Radiation
- Safety
- School Students
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
- Radiation
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
