A majority of Americans—54 percent—oppose nuclear energy, a Gallup poll released Friday found.
It marks the first time a majority in the country has felt this way about nuclear energy providing electricity since Gallup began asking the question in 1994.
Forty-four percent said they are still in support of it.
The new results show a major shift from responses last year, when just 43 percent expressed opposition to nuclear energy and support stood at 51 percent.
Republican support, in particular, dropped steeply from 2015. Fifty-three percent now say they are in favor of nuclear energy, compared to 68 percent last year. Thirty-four percent of Democrats are in favor of nuclear energy, an 8-point drop from last year.
Even in 2012, the first time Gallup asked the question after the Fukushima disaster, 57 percent of Americans were still in favor of nuclear energy.