Comparison of knowledge of laymen and experts about anthropogenic emergencies within the operation of NPP Temelín

Awareness of an emergency within a nuclear power plant is important for the safety of plant workers and the civilian population. This thesis is a report of applied quantitative research meeting the global objective and three sub-objectives. The global objective within the thesis (the development of the civil protection with the description of the gradual development of nuclear power plants with the use for peaceful purposes, the description of the risks, radiation emergencies and measures for the civil protection that are associated with the operation of nuclear power plants.) has been fulfilled within the theoretical part. Within the global objective of the research, a questionnaire with the basic parameters of the initial theory (civil protection theory) and selected operational parameters from the field of nuclear power plants operation was developed. Furthermore, three sub-objectives were generated related to the confirmation of hypotheses H1, H2 and H3. H1: The empirical distribution of the knowledge of the general public about anthropogenic emergencies within the operation of Temelín NPP is close to a normal distribution. H2: The empirical distribution of the knowledge of the professional public about anthropogenic emergencies within the operation of Temelín NPP is far from the normal distribution. H3: The knowledge of the general and expert public about anthropogenic emergencies within the operation of Temelín NPP is different at the chosen level of statistical significance. The hypotheses H1 and H2 were tested using mathematical and descriptive statistics. The verification of hypothesis H3 was performed using mathematical analysis methods. The global objective was met using the methods of systems analysis. To meet and confirm the sub-objectives, one dimensional and two dimensional statistical analysis methods were used. The theoretical contributions of this thesis are the confirmation of the applicability of one dimensional and two dimensional statistical analyses in conjunction with the research variables "Knowledge of the general public", "Knowledge of the professional public" and "Types of theoretical distributions". The practical contribution is the normality of knowledge in the general public and the distance from normality in the professional public. The assumption of a distance from normality for the expert public was confirmed, but it is questionable whether experts should score higher with regard to the regularity of training for personnel entering the controlled area and vital areas within the Temelín NPP operation. For follow-up work, the observed distance from normality in the expert community could be the basis for further investigation along with the analysis of individual questions of the questionnaire. This could, for example, lead to a more optimal structuring of the training of the workers (professional public) on the identified areas