A 2021 survey conducted by the UK Department for Business Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) found that 38 percent of UK's residents strongly or slightly agree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy. By comparison, 20 percent of the respondents disagree with that statement.
How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?*
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Statistics on Nuclear power in the UK
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UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (November 22, 2021). How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?*." Chart. November 22, 2021. Statista. Accessed February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. (2021). How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. "How Much You Agree or Disagree That Nuclear Energy Provides a Safe Source of Energy in The Uk?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/
UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/ (last visited February 02, 2023)
How much you agree or disagree that nuclear energy provides a safe source of energy in the UK?* [Graph], UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, November 22, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/971191/nuclear-energy-safety-opinions-united-kingdom-uk/