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Questions - Japan - March 24-25, 2011

35% Say U.S. Should Phase Out Nuclear Power Over Next 50 Years
Voters Less Concerned About Threat of Japanese Radiation
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National Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
Conducted March 24-25, 2011

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* How closely have you followed news reports about the recent earthquake in Japan?

 

2* Should more nuclear power plants be built in the United States?

 

3* How concerned are you that any radiation that escapes from Japanese nuclear plants may reach the United States?

4* Should the United States begin to systematically phase out the use of nuclear power   plants over the next 50 years?

5* How much of our nation's electricity is produced by nuclear power plants?

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence