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Panel session on public perception
Moderator: Laurent Furedi, Head, External
and Institutional Relations, FORATOM
Philippe d’Iribarne
Sociologist and Research Director, National
Centre for Scientific Research, France
and
Ute Blohm-Hieber
Head of Nuclear Energy, Waste Management
and Transport Unit, Directorate General of Energy
and Transport, European Commission
“PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS
OF WASTE: A CROSS-CUTTING APPROACH THROUGH SOCIOLOGY
AND OPINION POLLS”
What can we learn from the French
sociological study “The French and nuclear
waste” and the last EU25 Eurobarometer on
nuclear energy and waste?
Scott Peterson
Vice-President, Nuclear Energy Institute
“PUBLIC OPINION IN THE UNITED STATES”
Public support for nuclear energy
has been growing steadily in the United States.
Moreover, the industry’s interest in new
reactors is coinciding with growing public concern
about climate change and the need for new electric
sources that promote energy security and fuel
diversity. In August 2005, the Nuclear Energy
Institute surveyed nuclear power plant neighbours
for their attitudes on nuclear energy for the
first time – with encouraging results.
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