![]() While 37.4% said that nuclear abolition is possible, 40.7% said that nuclear arms reduction not abolition is possible. Identified as most needed measures toward nuclear abolition were political and diplomatic negotiations (59.9%), peace education (56.3%) and strengthened measures within the UN framework (53.7%). Of the respondents 59.1% said that they would feel safer if nuclear weapons no longer existed in the world. 2010 Īccording to a 2010 Soka Gakkai International survey of youth attitudes in Japan, Korea, the Philippines, New Zealand and the US, 67.3% reject the use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances. Majority (over 62%) also appreciated nuclear power as means to prevent climate change. 2008 Įurobarometer 2008 poll indicated 44% supporting and 45% opposing nuclear energy in the European Union. Eighty percent of Russians and Americans want their countries to participate in the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. In the United States, 73 percent of the public favors eliminating all nuclear weapons, 64 percent support removing all nuclear weapons from high alert, and 59 percent support reducing Russian and U.S. nuclear arsenals to 400 nuclear weapons each. Ī September 2007 survey conducted by the Center for International and Security Studies at the University of Maryland showed that:Ħ3 percent of Russians favor eliminating all nuclear weapons, 59 percent support removing all nuclear weapons from high alert, and 53 percent support cutting the Russian and U.S. Fourteen per cent of respondents would like to see nuclear power "increase a lot". Outright majorities would choose to "increase a lot" use of these two fuels, and better than three out of four Americans would like to increase these fuels in the U. The two fuel sources that attracted the highest levels of support in the 2007 MIT Energy Survey are solar power and wind power. Ī CBS News/New York Times poll in 2007 showed that a majority of Americans would not like to have a nuclear plant built in their community, although an increasing percentage would like to see more nuclear power. Those who were favorable of nuclear being used dropped to 63% from a historic high of 70% in 2005 and 68% in September, 2006. A poll in conducted March 30 to April 1, 2007, chose solar as the most likely largest source for electricity in the US in 15 years (27% of those polled) followed by nuclear, 24% and coal, 14%. ![]() In the United States, the Nuclear Energy Institute has run polls since the 1980s. This poll showed that the approval of nuclear power rose with the education level of respondents and was lower for women. The same agency ran another poll in Oct-Nov 2006 that showed 14% favoured building new nuclear plants, 34% favored maintaining the same number, and 39% favored reducing the number of operating plants, leaving 13% undecided. Ī poll in the European Union for Feb-Mar 2005 showed 37% in favor of nuclear energy and 55% opposed, leaving 8% undecided. Across all countries, 38% were in support of expansion of nuclear power and 47% opposed. In most countries majority of citizens supported operations of existing nuclear power plants but opinions were divided on construction of new ones, with minority calling for shut down of existing power plants. The support varied significantly between countries, from 66% in support for new nuclear power plants in South Korea, to only 12% in Morocco. The poll was limited to 18 countries but relatively diverse, with countries on all continents surveyed. In 2005, the International Atomic Energy Agency presented the results of a series of public opinion surveys in the Global Public Opinion on Nuclear Issues report. Part of the negative attitude towards civilian nuclear power is also derived from opposition to nuclear weapons, though many civilian nuclear power programs have contributed to nuclear disarmament through programs such as Megatons to Megawatts. Īccording to environmentalists Stewart Brand and James Lovelock, the debate on nuclear power is far from being evidence-based and rational, with a number of anti-nuclear organizations trying to pull it into an "absolute evil" category and focusing on risks and boost fear while ignoring the benefits such as zero emissions. Opinions vary very significantly across countries, and have significantly changed over time, with support declining mostly as result of widely publicized nuclear incidents, often presented in a distorted way, where the debate on climate change has boosted support for nuclear power as low-carbon energy source in many countries. Public opinion on nuclear issues is the aggregate of attitudes or beliefs held by the adult population concerning nuclear power, nuclear weapons and uranium mining. ![]() ![]() Global public support for energy sources, based on a survey by Ipsos (2011). ![]()
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