In my experience American society is organized around the belief that people can be left to pursue their own goals without everything falling apart. While there

In my experience American society is organized around the belief that people can be left to pursue their own goals without everything falling apart. While there will still be corruption and selfishness, the government and culture work together to make sure this problem is, if not much less serious than in other kinds of societies, at least not more serious either. It sounds like you are saying this isn't good enough, and that you would be against any powerful new technology until we can fix these problems. Until the fabled Eschaton/Utopia/perfect society arrives, basically. I think this is a terribly misguided attitude. Cheap and plentiful power will save and help a lot more people than those hurt by accidents. Especially taking into account the amazing safety science and engineering that goes into this particular technology, and its amazing safety record apart from Chernobyl (you know, that graphite-moderated reactor with no concept of passive safety).