Half of Finns, say they don’t believe new reactors should be built after Finland’s fifth nuclear power plant, currently under construction, is completed.

A similar survey carried out last summer found that 55 percent of Finns oppose constructing more nuclear power reactors.

Women were more critical of constructing more nuclear facilities than men. Sixty-five percent of women were opposed, while 50 percent of men were in favour of building more nuclear plants.

Supporters of the Green League are most strongly opposed to nuclear energy (91 percent). Meanwhile, True Finns supporters are most in favour (81 percent) of constructing more nuclear power generating capacity.

The survey, commissioned by YLE, was carried out by pollster Taloustutkimus.

Some 1,000 Finns were polled by phone last week. The margin of error is 2.5 percentage points.