The legislation is mostly about issues described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32613470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32613470 Nuclear stuf

The legislation is mostly about issues described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32613470 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32613470 Nuclear stuff has amazingly dangerous worst-case accidents. Depending on the country, a single transport of new fuel or reactor waste can contain enough poison to kill everyone in country it happens in. A traffic accident isn't going to cause all of the materials to leak out into the air, though, because the "rediculous" legislation mandates not-at-all-ridiculous safety measures.