The visual exposure of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) facilities can create a sense of anxiety and aversion among local residents, leading to negative perceptions. Therefore, efforts are needed from the planning stage to minimize unnecessary anxiety and ...
The visual exposure of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) facilities can create a sense of anxiety and aversion among local residents, leading to negative perceptions. Therefore, efforts are needed from the planning stage to minimize unnecessary anxiety and aversion towards the facility caused by its visual exposure. This study evaluated the visual exposure of nuclear power plant (NPP) in adjacent areas. Two indicators, Visible area ratio and Surface exposure ratio, were used to quantitatively measure the visual exposure. The Kori region in South Korea was selected as the analysis target area. The results showed that the newly proposed nuclear power plant (Type-2) has lower visual exposure than the existing nuclear power plants (Type-1). This is expected to reduce the anxiety and rejection of nuclear power plants due to visual exposure.