Nuclear safety goals and public acceptance

After Fukushima accident, the international society pays more attention on the safety of nuclear power. Nuclear safety goals have very important impact on the nuclear safety as the criteria of nuclear power plant safety assessment. Public acceptance has important effect on the nuclear power development. Presently, how to improve the safety of the plant and make the public have a better understanding of safety goals is one of the main problems to most of countries in the process of nuclear power expansion. This paper introduces the development of safety goals and the public acceptance of nuclear power expansion, and discusses how the public acceptance impact on setting nuclear safety goals and nuclear power expansion. Finally several helpful suggestions are made on how to change public acceptance of nuclear power. (authors)