75% of France's electricity was from nuclear power, the highest percentage in the world. Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release energy to generate heat, which most frequently is then used in steam turbines to produce electricity in a nuclear power station. Proponents argue that nuclear energy is now safe and emits much less carbon emissions than coal plants. Opponents argue that recent nuclear disasters in Japan prove that nuclear power is far from safe.
68% Yes |
32% No |
50% Yes |
26% No |
16% Yes, temporarily while we increase investment into cleaner renewable alternatives |
6% No, we should invest in cleaner alternatives such as wind, hydroelectric, thorium, and geothermal |
1% Yes, and nationalize the industry |
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0% Yes, but with public subsidy |
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0% Yes, as long as there is no public subsidy |
See how support for each position on “Nuclear Energy” has changed over time for 271k France voters.
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See how importance of “Nuclear Energy” has changed over time for 271k France voters.
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Unique answers from France users whose views extended beyond the provided choices.
@9CHJBGS10mos10MO
Yes, and use an energy voucher for those who are struggling to pay their electric bills
@98R8PQV1yr1Y
studied and decrease in process and given lots of forgiven back grounds without more electrics division process inc
@9CWNCJY9mos9MO
Unkeianes and russian war in New Zealand troops about leave the right onsites battle
@8ZWZ8B32yrs2Y
The tech behind nuclear energy is outdated and would be safer if we used well known, newer alternatives. We stick to highly waste-producing techniques due to how they happen to be the same ones that make the materials needed to make bombs. I would frankly support more the cleaner alternatives, which produce waste no more radioactive than the natural stuff.
@8ZP3C722yrs2Y
Yes, but we should invest in new reactor types that are more efficient and make disasters near-impossible.
@8YRSP2X2yrs2Y
Yes, but we should make it safer by using new types of reactors
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Representatives from more than 30 countries gathered in Brussels in March at a nuclear summit hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Belgian government. Thirty-four nations, including the United States and China, agreed “to work to fully unlock the potential of nuclear energy,” including extending the lifetime of existing reactors, building new nuclear power plants and deploying advanced reactors.“Nuclear technology can play an important role in the clean energy transition,” Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, told summit attendees. But she added that “the reality today, in most markets, is a reality of a slow but steady decline in market share” for nuclear powerThe numbers underscore that downturn. Solar and wind power together began outperforming nuclear power globally in 2021, and that trend continues as nuclear staggers along. Solar alone added more than 400 gigawatts of capacity worldwide last year, two-thirds more than the previous year. That’s more than the roughly 375 gigawatts of combined capacity of the world’s 415 nuclear reactors, which remained relatively unchanged last year. Pledging to triple nuclear capacity by 2050 is a little like promising to win the lottery.For the United States, it would mean adding an additional 200 gigawatts of nuclear operating capacity (almost double what the country has ever built) to the 100 gigawatts or so that now exists, generated by more than 90 commercial reactors that have been running an average of 42 years. Globally it would mean tripling the existing capacity built over the past 70 years in less than half that time in addition to replacing reactors that will shut down before 2050.The Energy Department estimates the total cost of such an effort in the United States at roughly $700 billion. For much less money and in less time, the world can reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of renewables like solar, wind, hydropower and geothermal power.
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