Sentiment Analysis of Nuclear Power Plant and Nuclear Science in Indonesia Based on Platform X Using BERT, VADER, and TextBlob Methods

Nuclear is considered to be an environmentally friendly source of electricity. In addition to being environmentally friendly, nuclear power is also considered to be able to generate large amounts of electricity. This makes nuclear energy a good consideration as a supplier of electricity in Indonesia. However, some people still have a negative view of nuclear power itself. The discourse on the development of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) has become a hot topic of discussion, and has even been included in legislation Number 17 2007 concerning the National Long-Term Development Plan. Public responses to this law are divided into two groups: those who are pro or agree with the construction of Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), and those who are disagree with the construction of NPP. The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a major setback for nuclear power industry. In the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, public opinion against nuclear power shifted significantly. Many people who were previously supportive of nuclear power became concerned about the safety of nuclear reactors and the potential for another disaster. This shift in public opinion has led to a decline in the construction of new nuclear power plants around the world. This study conducted a sentiment analysis of netizens’ opinions on platform X about nuclear power and NPP that are planned to be built in Indonesia from 2019 to 2024. The results of the study show that for both keywords “Nuklir” and “PLTN” using the BERT method, the sentiment is negative with 87,4% and 63.07%. While the VADER methods show a neutral sentiment with 81.36% and 89.37%. For TextBlob give the neutral sentiment with 94.9% and 88.2%.