The biggest problem with nuclear power is how unacceptable mistakes or failures are for anybody who's the slightest bit anti-nuclear. It means that failures are

The biggest problem with nuclear power is how unacceptable mistakes or failures are for anybody who's the slightest bit anti-nuclear. It means that failures are concealed and not dealt with adequately and safety culture as would be necessary isn't sufficiently implemented. The process of improvement is stifled by this cultural need to cry "shut it all down" the moment an accident happens. Imagine if people reacted the same way to aviation - it never would have become as safe as it is now (and yet still hundreds of people died this year alone, 3 months in). Nuclear power can't become safer (and it already is pretty damn safe) in modern cultural contexts. That's not the fault of the technology, it's the fault of everybody here, the media and everybody claiming how unsafe nuclear is and how we should stop using it (and screw the consequences of not using and refining such an amazing technology).