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https://www.rechargenews.com/energy-transition/100-000-years-of-power-us-japan-team-hails-h2-boron-plasma-fusion-breakthrough/2-1-1411318 The new process is a boron-H2 fuel, which is a non-radioactive fuel, and is another 'field-reversed' design.

https://www.energy.gov/ne/articles/nrc-certifies-first-us-small-modular-reactor-design

https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/us-regulators-will-certify-first-small-nuclear-reactor-design/ NuScale has gotten final approval for their SMR design, and thus full commercial production is now clear of the biggest red tape hurdle.

No, no, some are genuine neo-luddites who want to move humanity back towards "subsistence living for everyone!" because they hate how human society has affected certain natural systems or environments.

I'm pro-nuclear, but the shit in Texas...the had a nuke plant shut down because a few sensors froze, and they've also had intake pipes at conventional plants freeze up. For pro-nuke stuff, I would point you to NuScale Power's SMRs and their potential for cheaper nuclear power using smaller...

Because if the problem is handled, you cannot make money off being an activist for it, or teaching people to be an activist for it, or make money off short-term non-solutions that sound good to greenies.

Because it scares the greens who don't understand it, because Jimmy Carter outlawed reprocessing waste in the US, and that hasn't been repealed or amended, and because it makes nuclear even more attractive then green energy or oil.

Fukushima would have been fine if the damn Yakuza contracting company that built it didn't put the back-up diesels in the basement, in a tsunami zone. That was just stupid and poor engineering.

People forget that it's not just the 'greens' who don't like nuclear energy; oil companies are not a fan of it either. The big anti-nuke movements are funded as much by greenies as by oil.