At the site of nuclear accidents,fjrefjghters situated near nuclear power plants(NPPs)assume responsibility for suppressing fjres and rescuing workers from leaked radiation.Their timely responses to nuclear emergencie...At the site of nuclear accidents,fjrefjghters situated near nuclear power plants(NPPs)assume responsibility for suppressing fjres and rescuing workers from leaked radiation.Their timely responses to nuclear emergencies can prevent or minimize the catastrophic impacts of these accidents.Despite their important role in nuclear emergency management,little is known about the factors that influence fjrefjghters'nuclear emergency responses.We recruited 179 Korean fjrefjghters(96%male)situated near NPPs.We examined whether and how knowledge regarding nuclear accidents and trust in the authorities operating nuclear power plants were related to fjrefjghters'risk perceptions of nuclear accidents to predict their preparedness and willingness to respond to nuclear emergencies.Our results indicate that trust moderated the effect of knowledge on the perceived risk of nuclear accidents,and that the perceived risk mediated the relationship between knowledge and fjrefjghters'preparedness and willingness to respond to nuclear emergencies.The results revealed a pattern of moderated mediation,in which perceived risk mediated the indirect effect of knowledge on preparedness and willingness when the fjrefjghters'trust was low,but not when it was high.展开更多
基金supported by the Nuclear Safety Research Program through the Korea Foundation of Nuclear Safety (KOFONS) using the financial resources granted by the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) of the Republic of Korea (No. 1605002)a 2019 Research Grant from Kangwon National University
文摘At the site of nuclear accidents,fjrefjghters situated near nuclear power plants(NPPs)assume responsibility for suppressing fjres and rescuing workers from leaked radiation.Their timely responses to nuclear emergencies can prevent or minimize the catastrophic impacts of these accidents.Despite their important role in nuclear emergency management,little is known about the factors that influence fjrefjghters'nuclear emergency responses.We recruited 179 Korean fjrefjghters(96%male)situated near NPPs.We examined whether and how knowledge regarding nuclear accidents and trust in the authorities operating nuclear power plants were related to fjrefjghters'risk perceptions of nuclear accidents to predict their preparedness and willingness to respond to nuclear emergencies.Our results indicate that trust moderated the effect of knowledge on the perceived risk of nuclear accidents,and that the perceived risk mediated the relationship between knowledge and fjrefjghters'preparedness and willingness to respond to nuclear emergencies.The results revealed a pattern of moderated mediation,in which perceived risk mediated the indirect effect of knowledge on preparedness and willingness when the fjrefjghters'trust was low,but not when it was high.
