Three-Fourths of Americans - A Record High - Support Nuclear Energy, New Survey Finds - MarketWatch

WASHINGTON,, Sept 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- An unprecedented leap in public support for nuclear energy has occurred since last April, a new national survey of 1,000 adults has found.
A record-high 74 percent of Americans favor nuclear energy, with only 24 percent opposed, according to the survey. The favorability mark is 11 percentage points higher, and the unfavorability level nine percentage points lower than was the case just five months ago, according to the telephone survey conducted Sept. 18-21.