Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after Fukushima

Americans are more cautious with nuclear power after the nuclear reactor meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan, according to a recently published survey.

Yale University scientists (USA) conducted a survey on the percentage of Americans who supported nuclear power development, after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, blasting the reactor. Nuclear application in Fukushima power plant.

Fukushima nuclear power plant taken from satellites 3 days after the tsunami disaster

The results of the latest survey show that Americans have become more cautious with nuclear power, compared to surveys conducted in 2005 and 2010 - the time before the nuclear disaster occurred. Japan.

'The disaster of Fukushima nuclear power plant has affected people's awareness through mass media,' said Dr Anthony Leiserowitz, head of research, on LiveScience.

Specifically, the percentage of Americans saying no to nuclear power is 29% after the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, higher than the 21% in the survey conducted in 2005. Percentage of Americans asked that very dangerous nuclear power has increased from 13% in 2005 to 24% in 2011.

Only about 12% of Americans support the development of nuclear energy, down from 16% in the survey conducted in 2005. The proportion of Americans who believe that a nuclear war will happen also falls to 3. % in 2011 compared to 15% in 2005.

After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, 47% of Americans support the construction of new nuclear power plants and only 33% say they feel safe living in areas with nuclear power plants.