There is no state in the U.S. where a majority of people recognize nuclear power as a low-emissions energy source, per new polling. 

That's despite high levels of support for atomic power generally.

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My guess is people are still thinking about 1970s nuclear in the US and not modern technology because they just don't know what's out there and what improvements have been made because we got so far behind. So far nuclear energy in the US has not been good because it's been dangerous, lots of hazardous materials dumping in indigenous territories, massive water consumption and huge subsidies required, lots of other problems. There are better nuclear plants now but they would either require society level coordination that the US doesn't have or massive subsidies to a corporation which they would then profit off of for the shareholders not the public.