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Posts on X/Twitter mentioning "nuclear" throughout 2022, by sentiment
According to a report conducted in 2022, posts on X (formerly Twitter) containing the term "nuclear" were mainly of a negative sentiment between February and October 2022. Posts on the social media platform mentioning "nuclear," which evoked negative connotations, increased to 65 percent in March 2022, up from 55 percent in February, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Posts using "nuclear" that were of a negative sentiment also saw increases between August and October 2022, linked to the situation at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.