>Once the radioactive material is released from a safe container, the cleanup effort to discover and contain it is immense Larger than dealing with an oil tank

>Once the radioactive material is released from a safe container, the cleanup effort to discover and contain it is immense Larger than dealing with an oil tanker spil or gas line explosion ? The main problem with nuclear is potentially global consequences of an accident - small reactors don't have that and people are used to dealing with localised risks.