The share of people who want to keep using nuclear power in Sweden is at a record high of 56%, according to an annual survey by the Som Institute at Gothenburg University.
That is an increase of 42% from a year earlier and the highest percentage in the history of the survey, which began in 1986.
According to the survey nuclear power is still not as popular as solar, hydro or wind power, but accounts for the largest increase in the last two years. Forty two percent want to invest more in nuclear power in Sweden while 32% want more reactors to be built, compared to just 13% in 2020.
That is an increase of 42% from a year earlier and the highest percentage in the history of the survey, which began in 1986.
According to the survey nuclear power is still not as popular as solar, hydro or wind power, but accounts for the largest increase in the last two years. Forty two percent want to invest more in nuclear power in Sweden while 32% want more reactors to be built, compared to just 13% in 2020.
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