Special Eurobarometer 297: Attitudes towards radioactive waste

The Directorate-General for Energy and Transport launched this Eurobarometer survey. It was carried out by TNS Opinion & Social network between 18 February and 22 March 2008. The study covers the following topics: - Citizens’ attitudes towards nuclear energy and radioactive waste in particular - Their wish for involvement in decision-making about managing radioactive waste - The role of the EU in managing radioactive waste - How informed citizens feel about radioactive waste - Their objective knowledge of radioactive waste and ways of managing radioactive waste - Trusted sources of information about radioactive waste To gain a deeper insight in the publics’ opinion regarding radioactive waste, the following key variables have been used while analysing the different questions: - Respondents’ support for nuclear energy production: QB2 Are you totally in favour, fairly in favour, fairly opposed or totally opposed to energy production by nuclear power stations? - Their self-perceived level of information about radioactive waste: QB1 How well informed do you think you are about radioactive waste? Very well informed, fairly well informed, not very well informed or not at all informed #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)