Half of respondents said energy prices would stay the same if a sixth nuclear reactor was built. Only eight percent believed consumer energy prices would fall with the building of a new reactor.

Fennovoima, which has applied for permits to build additional nuclear power reactors in Finland, recently carried out a study claiming that household electricity prices would fall 10 percent—but only if it is awarded permission to build a sixth reactor.

Survey respondents, however, say the claim sounds too good to be true. Data point to electricity prices having risen over the past few years.

Taloustutkimus interviewed some 1,000 people for the poll, which was carried out in late March.

Finland currently has four commercial nuclear reactors in operation, and a fifth one is being built.