UK: nuclear energy safety opinions 2021

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?*

Characteristic	March 2016	March 2021
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Release date

November 2021

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

March 2016 and March 2021

Number of respondents

4,029 respondents

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Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

* Question 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...."
Percentages may not total 100 percent due to rounding.
Survey base varied across the years.

Survey methodology in March 2016 was a Kantar face-to-face omnibus survey. In March 2021, a temporary Kantar online panel type of survey was introduced, which was not based on a random sample of respondents. Due to a change in survey methodology, the source states that direct comparisons between time series is not possible.

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