 A TNS-Sofres poll in the days following the accident found 55% in favour of nuclear power.In 2006, BBC / GlobeScan poll found 57% of the French opposed to nuclear energy.In May 2001, an Ipsos poll found that nearly 70% of the population had a 'good opinion' of nuclear power, however 56% also preferred not to live near a nuclear plant and the same proportion thought that a 'Chernobyl-like accident' could occur in France.