Results from a recent Australian public opinion survey indicate that in Australia, women are much less likely than men to support nuclear energy. The findings of the survey, conducted by market research firm DemosAu on behalf of the Australian Conservation Foundation, somewhat reflect the findings about gender differences regarding nuclear energy in the United States—though the Australian gender split is much wider.

Some 30 nuclear engineering departments at universities across the United States graduate more than 900 students every year. These young men and women are the present and future of the domestic nuclear industry as it seeks to develop and deploy advanced nuclear energy technologies, grow its footprint on the power grid, and penetrate new markets while continuing to run the existing fleet of reactors reliably and economically.