A 2021 survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that 52 percent of UK's residents strongly or slightly agree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of energy in the United Kingdom. At that same time, 79 percent of UK's residents supported nuclear energy as a source for electricity.
How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?*
* Originally asked as ''I'm now going to ask you for your opinion on a number of issues in relation to nuclear energy. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.''
** n(2016)=2,105; n(2021)=4,029.
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (May 13, 2021). How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971135/attitudes-towards-reliability-of-nuclear-energy-united-kingdom-uk/
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2021). How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971135/attitudes-towards-reliability-of-nuclear-energy-united-kingdom-uk/
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a reliable source of energy in the United Kingdom (UK)?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971135/attitudes-towards-reliability-of-nuclear-energy-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited July 06, 2022)
