Also is it just me or has nobody mentioned Japan yet?Maybe I missed it.
It provides a stuff ton of power, without polluting the environment, and is perfectly safe. We need more of them, but that isn't going to happen because the media just has a loving orgy when one goes "worst possible case scenario" and smears the image of the entire industry. Chernobyl was a case of irresponsibility and failure to follow protocol, Three Mile Island was an outdated and under maintained plant, and Japan's most recent one was hit by a loving earthquake (protip: Don't build these things on loving FAULT LINES).
Chernobyl wasn't irresponsibility. They were just running a mandatory test of a self-fueling reactor.However, I'm with you on this one - it's a ton of energy, and it doesn't let out greenhouse gases. I'm fine with it, although they should make it a bit safer. :s
It's already incredibly safe.
http://www.terrapower.com/Technology/TravelingWaveReactor.aspxThat nuclear waste you are all bitching about will soon be used as fuel.