This is almost the reverse of findings the last time the state's residents were surveyed on the subject. The anti-nuclear Sierra Club is trying to rationalize the poll. A regional spokesman charged the survey reflects profound public ignorance of the issue. Quite the contrary. The more people understand this energy option, the more they tend to favor it.
Nuclear power is cheap, safe and clean.
Even though no new nuclear plant has been built in this country since 1978, nuclear supplies 20 percent of the U.S. electric power. Vice President Dick Cheney says nuclear power is essential to meeting future energy needs. This latest poll of one of our greenest states indicates there will be strong support for this key component of the administration's energy program.