However, only a majority of Tea Party members (52 %) would
support building a nuclear power plant in their own local area.
Not exact matches
His initial reluctance to
support a project to
build a new
nuclear power plant in the constituency was damaging to Labour's campaign.
The newest generation of
nuclear power plants builds on a foundation of excellence spanning decades and
supported by significant improvement in
plant efficiency.
AAAS physicists also are somewhat more inclined than are Earth scientists to
support building more
nuclear power plants, although a majority of both groups favor
building more such
plants.
AAAS scientists show more
support for
nuclear power: 65 % favor
building more
nuclear power plants while 33 % are opposed.
I often hear
nuclear advocates proclaiming that «
nuclear is THE solution to global warming» and that «no one can be serious about dealing with global warming if they don't
support expanded use of
nuclear power» but I have never heard any
nuclear advocate lay out a plan showing how many
nuclear power plants would have to be
built in what period of time to have a significant impact on GHG emissions.
Men express more
support than women for
building nuclear power plants, more offshore drilling, and increased use of fracking.
Just 11 % back expanding exploration and production of oil, coal and natural gas, and another 11 %
support building more
nuclear power plants.
Why don't those who fear CO2 strongly
support the
building of large numbers of modern
nuclear power plants as a productive start?
Do you think those on the right are less likely to
support building more
nuclear power plants than the left?
Because of a tightly regulated
nuclear power industry and lack of government
support for development of new
nuclear technologies, most
power plants in the US were
built between 1970 and 1990 and are based on technology that is just as old.
Given the entrenched political
power of the
nuclear industry — as reflected in the Obama administration's continued
support for huge subsidies for new
nuclear, Fukushima be damned — it is possible that one or two new
nuclear power plants may be
built in the USA in the next decade or so.