本稿は、1970年代末から80年代にかけて鳥取県青谷町において展開された、原子力発電所設置計画に対する住民の反対運動を考察し、その特質を明らかにすることを目的とする。わが国において原発設置に関する地域住民の反対/賛成運動は数多くの事例を対象に考察されてきたが、殊更鳥取県における事例が研究対象となることは稀であった。そして稀であるが故に社会（科）学的分析がなされることはほとんどなく、既存研究は運動当事者が回想の形で描写するか、もしくは研究者がジャーナリスティックに、概略を記述するに止まっていた。本稿は、当時運動に携わった調査対象者の証言及び一次資料を手掛かりに、新たな事実関係を詳細に掘り起こした。また、その証言・資料を用いて既存研究を補完し、新たな解釈を加えた点、及び「青谷原発設置反対の会」の組織構成等に社会運動論の観点から分析を加え、社会学的な分析を試みた。

　On the coast of Aoya-cho, on the eastern part of Tottori prefecture, the plan for the construction of the Aoya Nuclear Power Plant was formerly underway. The plan was eventually ‘withdrawn’ due to the protest movement by the residents. Little is known, however, about the significant fact to even the inhabitants of Tottori prefecture.
　The purpose of this paper is to clarify the attribute of the movement, which occurred in the end of the 1970s through the 1980s.
　Gathering and analyzing the verbal evidence and original sources offered by the persons concerned are the main methods of this study. In addition, consulting the theories of social movement, I tried to analyze a particular opposition group that played an important role in the movement.
　As a result, the following points became clear. First, the nature of the movement changed from explicitness to confidentiality as it reached its conclusion in around 1987. Second, the actual situation of activities of each group and of acquisition and communal ownership of land became much more concrete than preliminary studies. Finally, this paper also clarified that in the process of establishment and operation of the group in question, I could see the effect of “framing” and “collective memory” in the theories of social movement.