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Yokoyama, Miki*; Onuma, Susumu*; Osawa, Hideaki; Otomo, Shoji*; Hirose, Yukio*
Humanities & Social Sciences Communications (Internet), 10(1), p.623_1 - 623_10, 2023/09
This study demonstrates that a decision-making process utilising "the veil of ignorance" concept, defined in process terms as beginning from a blank slate encompassing the entire country as potential sites and shortlisting candidate sites based on scientific (geological) safety, promotes public acceptance of siting a repository for the geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste and fosters procedural fairness.
Onuma, Susumu*; Hirose, Yukio*; Osawa, Hideaki; Otomo, Shoji*; Yokoyama, Miki*
Nihon Risuku Kenkyu Gakkai Dai-31-Kai Nenji Taikai Koen Rombunshu (USB Flash Drive), 6 Pages, 2018/11
One reason of not being decided a candidate site for geological disposal of high level radioactive waste is that strong opposition occurs once a name of the place where residents live even if they can understand the necessity of the facility. Therefore, we hypothesized that people would accept the decision if they consent the decision way beforehand under the condition everyone can be involved in as a potential interest party (the ignorance of veil). A hypothetical scenario survey was conducted in Japan. The results revealed that the decision way and the decision under the ignorance of veil were likely to be accepted more than the current decision way even if they became candidate site. Moreover, the decision way under the ignorance of veil was evaluated higher procedural fairness, while the current way was low procedural fairness.
Onuma, Susumu*; Yokoyama, Miki*; Hirose, Yukio*; Osawa, Hideaki; Otomo, Shoji*
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This presentation shows effect of procedural fairness by the veil of ignorance on public acceptance.
Onuma, Susumu*; Yokoyama, Miki*; Hirose, Yukio*; Osawa, Hideaki; Otomo, Shoji*
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This study demonstrates the significance of "the veil of ignorance" to promote public acceptance of siting a facility for geological disposal of high-level radioactive waste, which fosters procedural fairness. We conduct a hypothetical scenario experiment in Japan and manipulate the decision way setting two conditions; one is present Japanese way that decides by application from municipalities or offer of the Government, the other is a Switzerland way that all regions have possible to be a candidate site starting from blank. The results indicated that respondents in Switzerland way condition accepted more and regarded the process fairer than those in present Japanese way condition. The potential of adopting the idea of "the veil of ignorance" is discussed.
