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[–] Doomsider 3 points 1 year ago

Two issues here. The fear of nuclear energy was astroturfed by Oil and Gas. This means any irrational arguments against nuclear are propaganda which 99% are.

The second is there is no reason nuclear projects have to be big and complex. We could easily have small reactors to power towns and remote location. The reason we don't has a lot to do with fear.

Simply put we are foolish not to be utilizing more nuclear power.