Thread by @boucherhayes

47% Irish people against nuclear power. 25% in favour.

@AmarachResearch ran a poll of 1600 people prompted by this evening’s Hot Mess on @RTERadio1

We posed a number of questions 1/

Q1: Should Ireland consider nuclear energy to achieve its climate change targets?

Yes: 31%
No: 42%

Q2: Should the govt concentrate on developing renewable sources of energy and leave the legislative ban on nuclear power in place?

Yes: 58%
No: 21%

Q3. Should the government conduct feasibility studies on the potential for nuclear here?

Yes: 51%
No: 31%

Q4. Should the government exclude nuclear as a means of achieving energy security?

Yes: 40%
No: 38%

And general attitudes …

The unanswered question is, if looking at these numbers, would any of the large political parties embrace even a limited pro nuclear policy.

Here’s the episode of Hot Mess that considers the practicality of nuclear power.

rte.ie/radio/podcasts…