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In the late Summer of 1985 the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs organized a series of informational meetings throughout the country on the siting of new nuclear power plants. The meetings were characterized by an extremely hostile response to the government’s pro-nuclear position. Most meetings were seriously disrupted by continuous demonstrations of environmental protection groups. Asked to explain the reaction of his fellow citizens, the Ministry’s director-general of Energy stated that it was due to a lack of information about the need for, the economic benefits of, and the nature of nuclear power.
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Cvetkovich, G., Vlek, C., Earle, T.C. (1989). Designing Technological Hazard Information Programs: Towards a Model of Risk-Adaptive Decision Making. In: Vlek, C., Cvetkovich, G. (eds) Social Decision Methodology for Technological Projects. Theory and Decision Library, vol 9. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2425-3_14
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