Reply #14: Simple,

[FBaggins]

Since you don't agree with me perhaps you can tell me how the poll differentiates between those who DO NOT want replacement plants built and those who ONLY want plants built to replace aging ones?

Simple. It assumes that people understand that maintaining a constant proportion of a growing total requires replacing retiring production and increasing new production in line with overall demand growth.

A far more reasonable assumption than your "they just don't want to shut down existing plants now"

While you are at it, explain the logic of a person who supports building more plants, but only to maintain the current level of generation from nuclear?

To maintain the current PROPORTION from nuclear... not the absolute level. Why would someone want that? Presumably because they think that the current mix is getting the job done. A bit short sighted, but that's how we got in this mess in the first place isn't it?

it captures people with both points of view.

No... it really doesn't. Retaining the current number of reactors and letting it decline as they age out would mean an ongoing reduction the "level of nuclear energy as a proportion of all energy" - Your position assumes that they can't understand this simple fact and answer "reduced" if that's how they feel.