This statistic shows the views of respondents to the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracking Survey, as to the reliability and affordability of nuclear power in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2012 and 2017. Levels of support for the statement remain similar across the survey period. In 2012 and 2017, over 40 percent of respondents agreed that nuclear energy was a reliable and affordable source of power.
How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?*
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (May 4, 2017). How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?*." Chart. May 4, 2017. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2017). How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "How Much Do You Agree or Disagree That Nuclear Energy Provides a Reliable Source of Affordable Energy in The United Kingdom (Uk)?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of affordable energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?* [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, May 4, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/426135/united-kingdom-uk-attitudes-towards-affordability-reliability-of-nuclear-energy/