Global Poll Shows Nuclear Support Increasing After Fukushima

Global Poll Shows Nuclear Support Increasing After Fukushima

by vbarq

The following news article originally appeared in NEI’s Nuclear Energy Overview.
An online poll across 24 countries shows nuclear energy has more than 50 percent support in the United States, China, India and Great Britain, but less than majority support in other countries, including Japan, Germany and Italy.
The survey, taken by British polling firm Ipsos MORI, also demonstrated a marked uptick in support in most countries compared to a previous Ipsos poll on the subject taken in April 2011, a month after the accident at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi facility.

In the United States, Ipsos found that 66 percent support nuclear energy as one of the ways to produce electricity. A September survey for NEI conducted by Bisconti Research with GfK Roper showed a similar 65 percent in favor of nuclear energy.http://safetyfirst.nei.org/news/global-poll-shows-nuclear-support-increasing-after-fukushima/