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The Overwhelming Majority of Americans Who Live Near Nuclear Power Plants Are in Favor of Nuclear Energy--And Are Willing to See a New Reactor Built Near Them
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(OPEN):
83-PERCENT OF AMERICANS LIVING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO NUCLEAR POWER
PLANTS FAVOR NUCLEAR ENERGY. AND, 76-PERCENT ARE WILLING TO SEE A
NEW REACTOR BUILT NEAR THEM--ACCORDING TO A NEW PUBLIC-OPINION SURVEY OF
MORE THAN 11-HUNDRED ADULTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. THE
SURVEY--WITH A MARGIN OF ERROR OF PLUS OR MINUS THREE
PERCENTAGE-POINTS--WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE NUCLEAR ENERGY
INSTITUTE--N-E-I. THE SURVEY MARKED THE FIRST TIME
THAT NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN SURVEYED NATIONALLY FOR
THEIR ATTITUDES ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY. ANN BISCONTI--PRESIDENT
OF BISCONTI RESEARCH, WHICH CONDUCTED THE
SURVEY--EXPLAINS...
(BISCONTI):
"THE SURVEY CONFIRMS THAT MOST NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT
NEIGHBORS SUPPORT THEIR LOCAL PLANT. 'NIMBY'--OR 'NOT IN MY BACK
YARD'--DOES NOT APPLY AT MOST NUCLEAR-POWER-PLANT SITES. THAT'S
BECAUSE CLOSE NEIGHBORS HAVE A POSITIVE VIEW OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, ARE
FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANT, AND BELIEVE THAT THE PLANT BENEFITS THE
COMMUNITY."
(CLOSE):
THE FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SURVEY--WHICH QUESTIONED ONLY RESIDENTS WITHIN 10
MILES OF AN OPERATING NUCLEAR POWER PLANT--ALSO FOUND THAT 85-PERCENT
GIVE THE NEAREST NUCLEAR POWER PLANT A "HIGH" SAFETY RATING--AND THAT
88-PERCENT ARE CONFIDENT THAT THE COMPANY OPERATING THE POWER PLANT CAN
DO SO SAFELY. ELECTRIC-COMPANY EMPLOYEES WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE
SURVEY. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT THE "NEWSROOM" OF THE NUCLEAR
ENERGY INSTITUTE WEBSITE--AT
W-W-W-DOT-"N-E-I"-DOT-ORG.
