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atw Vol. 64 (2019) | Issue 4 ı April ENERGY POLICY, ECONOMY AND LAW 200 | | Fig. 1. Standardized adapted structural model. stakeholder interests, accept ability of NPPs and quality of coexistence. Values between latent variables can be explained by regression equations: p p “Acceptability” = 0.641 x “Coexistence” + 0.361 x “ Respect” p p “Coexistence” = 0.167 x “Respect” p p “Respect” relatively poorly explains “Coexistence”. By adapting the model, we wanted to improve the basic model. We removed the variable 11 and added the covariance errors between 1, 2, 3, and 4. In the modified model, we included two covariance (1-2 and 3-4). In the improved model, “ Respect” better explains “Coexistence” (p 0.90–0.95 SRMR 0.075 0.033 < 0.08 NNFI 0.866 0.994 > 0.90–0.95 | | Fig. 2. Level of agreement with the statement, that “NPP influences the higher quality of life in the local community.” | | Tab. 8. Statistics of the basic and adapted structural model. Note. χ 2 : HI = square statistics; df = degrees of freedom; RMSEA = Root mean square error of approximation; CFI = Comparative fit index; SRMR = Standardized root mean square residual; NNFI=Non-normed fit index. Energy Policy, Economy and Law Successful Co-Existance of Nuclear Power Plants with Their External Stakeholders ı Milan Simončič and Gordana Žurga
atw Vol. 64 (2019) | Issue 4 ı April account belonging to the group of stakeholders or other features. We illustrate differences in the per ception of nuclear energy and nuclear facility on the case of the statement 11: “NPP influences the higher quality of life in the local community.”. In Figure 2 we see higher agreement among the respondents living closer to the nuclear facility, among the political public, journalists and suppliers. There is also important share of those who do not have an opinion on presented issue (undecided). Respecting interests of NPPs’ stakeholders Representatives of NPPs have expressed high level of agreement with the four statements that describe the principle of respecting the interests of their stakeholders (Figure 3). With the Mann-Whitney test, we confirmed that there were no statistically significant differences in responses of owners nor operators. The same was confirmed taking into account the function in the organization – the Kruskal- Wallis test proved no statistical significance in any case. 4 Discussion The NPPs shape the environment in which they are located and affect lives of their external stakeholders. They all want to promote their interests, expectations and live a quality life. Respecting the interests of external stake holders of the NPPs is an important principle of social responsibility, and it was proved within the research | | Fig. 3. Level of agreement of NPPs’ representatives with statements related to stakeholders. that NPPs are aware of it. We have demonstrated that it affects the acceptability of the NPPs in the society and the quality of coexistence. Successful organizations, and NPPs strive to be among them, differ from others by their exceptional ability to quickly detect and effectively adapt to changes in an unpredictable environment. The appropriate strategy for involvement of stakeholders in strategic decisions of the NPPs should be set up and implemented. This is a pre requisite for the placement of the NPPs in the environment, its operation and coexistence. The target groups with which trust is particularly needed are local communities (surrounding and more distant), NGOs, political public, NPPs’ suppliers and journalists. These external stakeholders groups differ according to the understanding of nuclear technology, interests and impacts on the NPPs, what effective strategy of NPPs must take into account. Our research demonstrated that a certain proportion of external stakeholders of NPP in Slovenia still not have clear understanding of the functions, influences and many other issues related to nuclear energy. This is an important challenge for owners and operators of NPPs that want to achieve confidence and acceptance. Coexistence with NPPs depends on trust of stake holders into the NPP, the perception of their quality of life, the awareness of the impacts on coexistence, and the willingness to respect the interests of stakeholders of NPPs, which the power plant should implement with socially responsible practices. The optimal model of involving external stakeholders in the operation of the NPPs is the one that establishes the quality coexistence of the nuclear facility and its external stakeholders. We have proven that coexistence with the NPPs positively affects quality of ENERGY POLICY, ECONOMY AND LAW 201 | | Fig. 4. Optimal model for the involvement of external stakeholders. Energy Policy, Economy and Law Successful Co-Existance of Nuclear Power Plants with Their External Stakeholders ı Milan Simončič and Gordana Žurga
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