The public opinion on the use of nuclear power in the United States deteriorated between 2010 and 2022. In that year, only 51 percent of the respondents to a recent survey were favorable to nuclear energy. Almost as many were opposed to it. The opinion of U.S. adults on nuclear energy was remarkably different in 2010, when over 60 percent of the respondents were favorable to its use and only 33 percent were against it.
Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022
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Gallup. (May 20, 2022). Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 07, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/
Gallup. "Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022." Chart. May 20, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/
Gallup. (2022). Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 07, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/
Gallup. "Favorability of The Use of Nuclear Energy among Adults in The United States in Selected Years from 2010 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/
Gallup, Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/ (last visited February 07, 2023)
Favorability of the use of nuclear energy among adults in the United States in selected years from 2010 to 2022 [Graph], Gallup, May 20, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/726949/favorability-of-the-use-of-nuclear-energy-among-us-adults/