Tuesday, April 5, 2011

58% of Americans believe that their nuclear plants are safe

New York .- The 58% of Americans believe that nuclear plants are safe in their territory, against 36% who do not believe, according to a Gallup poll published Monday. This support has increased over 2009 figures, which indicated that 56% felt safe plants. However, the survey reflects that, before the nuclear crisis erupted in the central damaged Fukushima-1 by the earthquake and tsunamidel past day 11, seven out of ten Americans are more concerned about a possible nuclear disaster in their country.

The survey shows almost equally split in American society over whether to build more nuclear plants in the country. 48% says there are too many dangers, compared with 46% believing that more central. This question in May 2001 showed that 49% of Americans favored the construction of new plants, while 46% stated the contrary.

The annual report conducted by Gallup showed power in early March, before the Japanese crisis, that 57% of the population was in favor of "use of nuclear energy as one way of providing electricity to United States. " The last survey was conducted between 25 and 27 March with a sample of 1,027 people.

The U.S. president, Barack Obama, issued an order on March 17 to review its nuclear energy facilities in the country, ensuring that it maintains its support for that energy. 20 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nuclear energy.

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