Nuclear critics seem to ignore, at least when discussing the dangers, that the world is currently producing 10% of its energy from ~440 nuclear power plants in

Nuclear critics seem to ignore, at least when discussing the dangers, that the world is currently producing 10% of its energy from ~440 nuclear power plants in ~50 countries. France for example, derives about 75% of its electricity from nuclear energy. This is not some spooky new technology to be wary of. It's doing fine. All we need is to scale by a single factor of 10 compared to what we have now to go 100% green. [0] In terms of public perception of danger, Nuclear vs Coal is akin to Flying vs Driving. In both the latter kills many many more people, although little by little. The former has disasters extremely rarely, and even then they are not that bad [1][2][3], but when they do its all anyone can talk about for a long time, and they cement an erroneous perception of danger. "Coal is responsible for over 800,000 premature deaths per year globally and many millions more serious and minor illnesses." [4] The only real issue is cost. While its very competitive to run a NPP, its very expensive to build one. Note how the number of plants has grown exponentially(?) until 1986 and then just plateaued. [0] Considering the crisis we are in, I think its only logical we subitize NPPs, take extra care of them (for example in Fukashima the right protocols were in place and so the death toll as a result of radiation is "1" [5]), deal with the waste problem later, and work on perhaps better solutions in the ensuing decades. Sure it's not perfect, but its our best bet. [0] https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/nuclear-power-in-the-world-today.aspx https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-an... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_and_radiation_accidents_by_death_toll https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_and_radiation_... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_disaster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_due_to_the_Chernobyl_di... [3] https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy https://ourworldindata.org/what-is-the-safest-form-of-energy [4] https://endcoal.org/health/ https://endcoal.org/health/ [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disaster_casualties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...