Managing Radioactive Waste Safely Survey 2012

Ipsos has completed a survey among residents in West Cumbria, to find out if they are in favour of taking part in the Government's search for a suitable site for a repository for higher-activity radioactive waste.

22 May 2012

Environment
Climate change
Global Warming

Ipsos has completed a telephone survey among a large representative sample of residents in West Cumbria, to find out if people in West Cumbria are in favour of taking part in the Government’s search for a suitable site for a repository for higher-activity radioactive waste.

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