The Korea Local Administration Review

The operation extension of nuclear power station became the conflict issuesin Korea. Our study aims to analyze the acceptance of the operation extensionin terms of local residents around the nuclear power station. We focus on notonly risk perception variables but the perceived discriminations in terms ofeconomy and politics.Our analysis shows that the risk perception and perceived discrimination influencethe acceptance of operation extension. Higher perceived risk, negative image andlower perceived benefit and trust, reduce the acceptance. Also perceiveddiscrimination decreases it. Second, there is different structure of determinants infour local areas, The higher negative image Yeonggwang and Uljin but the economicinequality in Wulsong, and Gori influence the acceptance. Third, the perceiveddiscrimination has role of moderating the effect of risk perception on the acceptance.□ Keywords: Extension acceptance of nuclear power, risk perception, local residents