It has nothing to do with nuclear power failing catastrophically. As another commenter points out, the failure of damns can be even more destructive. I think t

It has nothing to do with nuclear power failing catastrophically. As another commenter points out, the failure of damns can be even more destructive. I think the issue is that nuclear power is intimately linked to nuclear weapons. As a result, you end up with images like these in the public imagination (Simpsons clips), which have no foundation in reality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-p7Rs_6l5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-p7Rs_6l5g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRLf8k-2bY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRLf8k-2bY4