Trends in public opinion

A brief overview of Canadian public opinion on the use of nuclear power to generate electricity is presented. The findings from several different studies have been brought together to evaluate overall trends and describe some of the factors that have been found to be associated with these trends. In particular, different measures or different questions used in these public opinion studies are examined. These differences will be described and assessed to arrive at an overall evaluation by the Canadian public of the use of nuclear power. (auth)