A new national public opinion survey that included a large number of trend questions on nuclear energy affords a comprehensive assessment of lingering impacts six months after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power event.
The survey, conducted Sept. 22-24, 2011, finds modest declines on most measures, but large majorities continue to have favorable opinions about nuclear energy and new plants. The survey, with some questions tracked since 1983, was sponsored by Nuclear Energy Institute and conducted by Bisconti Research Inc. with GfK Roper. A nationally representative sample of 1,000 U.S. adults was interviewed by telephone, with a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points.