Public Opinion and Communications about Nuclear Energy
Lessons from 41 Years of Research
Nuclear energy for decades has served as the nation’s primary source of emission-free energy, with both significant public support and opposition. Ann Stouffer Bisconti, PhD and Bisconti Research have studied public attitudes and communications on this topic, over the past four decades. These studies provide the most comprehensive understanding of public opinion on nuclear energy available anywhere.
What have we learned from our national public opinion surveys, surveys of plant neighbors, focus groups, and other in-depth research and testing? We now devote our website to sharing these lessons in brief reports as we compile them.
Our appreciation to all those who support this research, including the Nuclear Energy Institute that established this program of research in 1983 to guide stakeholder communications. Additional sponsors from governments, research communities, and the private sector, and evolving circumstances have added new questions to this quest.
U.S. Public Support for Nuclear Energy Continues at Record High, National Nuclear Energy Public Opinion Survey Finds
The latest findings on public opinion about nuclear energy are reported here with a summary and questionnaire with answers. Sample size is 1,000, margin of error is plus or minus three percentage points. Trends go back 41 years.
The More People Know about Nuclear Energy, the More They Favor this Energy Source.
See 2024 test of knowledge on nuclear energy topics and ratings of facts on the same topics. See also separate topical reports on knowledge vs. facts.
Reverse NIMBY: Nuclear Power Plant Neighbors Say “Yes.”
The ninth national survey of nuclear power plant neighbors finds, once again, that their support for their plant is broad and deep