UK: nuclear power and climate change 2023

A 2023 survey found that only five percent of United Kingdom's respondents did not believe that nuclear energy will help combat climate change in the United Kingdom. By comparison, 44 percent of the respondents supported nuclear energy as an energy source that will help combat climate change. The largest share of the respondents, however, did not have a strong opinion on the topic.

How much do you agree or disagree that nuclear energy will help combat climate change in the United Kingdom (UK)*?

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

November 7, 2023 to December 11, 2023

Number of respondents

3,743**

Age group

Special properties

Address Based Online Survey (ABOS)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Originally asked as ''I'm now going to ask you for your opinion on a number of issues in relation to nuclear energy. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the Original survey question was worded as follows: 'I'm now going to ask you for your opinion on a number of issues in relation to nuclear energy. Please tell me how much you agree or disagree with the following statements.'
**Number of respondents for 2012 n(2012)=2,121. The survey took place in March 2012.

In February 2023, the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) was created, focusing on the energy and net zero portfolio from the former Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).

Survey methodology in 2012 was a Kantar face-to-face omnibus survey. In 2021, the random probability survey ABOS (Address Based Online Survey) was introduced, for which the respondents are randomly selected based on their postcode address file. Due to a change in survey methodology, the source states that direct comparisons between time series is not possible.

“This statistic is using original data from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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