Media Reporting of Nuclear Emergencies: The Effects of Transparent Communication in a Minor Nuclear Event

摘要: IN 2008, a nuclear event occurred at Krsko power plant in Slovenia. Even though it was classified as level 0 on International Nuclear Event Scale, the transparency policy of Slovenian safety authorities prompted to notify international community. This first time that European Community Urgent Radiological Information Exchange (ECURIE) notification system used outside exercise framework. The reported all major European. In this contribution, we report content analysis media articles related event. main research question if emergency generates significant coverage, even case minor and transparent communication policy. included more than 200 from printed spoken Slovenia other countries. revealed high-intensity emotional reactions heated political discussion. sources countries with open discussions energy end up being politicians, rather resident experts.