Chernobyl, three mile island, Fukushima, and Lucens are just the civilian ones and thats _a lot_ for something "totally safe" in a short period of time relative to our long term future... and thats 4 different parts of the world with different governments and engineering standards!
Those "weren't that bad", but it'll be hard to convince the public the next one can't be worse, larger scale, longer lasting, and with more cancer. Even if the science is there, the trust isn't.
Those "weren't that bad", but it'll be hard to convince the public the next one can't be worse, larger scale, longer lasting, and with more cancer. Even if the science is there, the trust isn't.