Two reasons: 1) There are people out there inundated with misinformation, and who's knowledge of nuclear energy otherwise comes from The Simpsons. They think n

Two reasons: 1) There are people out there inundated with misinformation, and who's knowledge of nuclear energy otherwise comes from The Simpsons. They think nuclear plants will explode like a bomb and that the waste can't be processed and will poison the Earth for thousands of years. 2) There's a subset politicians who aren't actually looking for solutions to carbon-free energy, but have hijacked the green energy movement to force a "societal transformation". I won't speculate on this particular conspiracy, but everyone from the oil companies, to China and Russia stand to gain if the West is not able to produce enough energy to heat homes, run factories, etc. The gas crisis in Europe is only a preview of the next few decades if we don't come up with real solutions.