Because that's what this map is about: Live CO2 emissions. Not perceived dangers of nuclear power. Nuclear power is a highly ideologised subject. In recent yea

Because that's what this map is about: Live CO2 emissions. Not perceived dangers of nuclear power. Nuclear power is a highly ideologised subject. In recent years in this area decisions have been made entirely based on fear and political opinion rather than scientific facts (like the relative safety of alternative reactor designs). 'nuclear' has become a hot-button word. Everything connected to it is perceived as negative. Probably some people nowadays would even argue against nuclear fusion because it's 'nuclear'. In combating climate change by drastically reducing carbon emissions we're facing a huge task, which likely is an uphill battle we can't even really win in the short term. The best we can hope for is mitigating the consequences as much as possible. Nuclear power is a stopgap measure that can help with that until better alternatives are available. We've been using nuclear fission for power generation for more than 50 years now. The waste generated during that time is there already, if we want it or not. It has to be dealt with anyway. Adding 20 or so more years of nuclear power generation on top of that doesn't exacerbate that problem all that much. Trying to get rid of coal, oil, gas and nuclear power all at the same time seems like a pretty foolish endeavour.