This thread is fascinating not least because it spot-on tracks with what @hayleypring.bsky.social @hannahsalamon.bsky.social and I have found in our recent surveys of the UK population re attitudes towards energy (we study energy *jobs* but we did ask about perceptions about sectors in general) 1/3
And I think there's probably an element of "everything is gender" about it, in terms of nuclear having some masculine-coded vibe in a way renewables don't, plus women tending to express greater affinity towards nature, with nuclear seen as very unnatural.