The resumption of Japan’s NPPs has become a controversial issue since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011. Although local agreement is a significant process of the resumption, the attitude of the general public toward the local agreement process has received little attention. This study uses a postal questionnaire survey with stratified random sampling to investigate the case of the Hamaoka NPP. Results show that the conventional way of seeking local agreement is not generally supported by the public. This may be explained by apparent widespread support for the participation of broader geographical areas, including those affected by reputational damage and urban areas consuming electricity, and by a general distrust of local governments/assemblies and the ‘experts’. It was also found that respondent attitudes regarding local agreement differ depending on the respondent’s position on the restart as well as the area in which the respondent resides.

2011年福岛第一核电站事故后，日本核电厂的复工成为备受争议的话题。虽然地方协议是复工的重要过程，但公众对地方协议过程的态度却鲜有关注。本研究采用分层随机抽样邮政问卷调查对滨冈核电厂案例进行调查。结果表明，传统的寻求当地协议的方式并没有得到公众的普遍支持。这可能是由于广泛支持更广泛的地理区域的参与，包括那些受到声誉损害和城市用电地区影响的区域，以及对地方政府/议会和“专家”的普遍不信任。