ABSTRACT
Nuclear Power Stations (NPS) and Radioactive Waste Facilities (RWF) have generated social conflicts. They are usually regarded as some of the riskiest objects in the world. However, if we take account of their characteristics and specifications, we can see that NPS and RWF are largely different risk objects; the former is positive and beneficial in its role as an environmentally friendly energy source with no polluted materials whereas the latter is negative in that it is waste material giving no benefit to society. Two objects have different attributes. However, most people didn’t tend to distinguish two objects. Thus it is questionable what kinds of people really do or do not distinguish the risk between NPS and RWF with rational or analytic power.
