> Ironically the "environmental" movement has in some ways actually set us back by opposing clean, safe nuclear power.

Problem is it’s not exactly clean because you’ve got nuclear waste to dispose of and nobody wants it in their backyard. It’s mostly safe, but when it does go wrong it contaminates large swathes of land for thousands of years.

Its biggest problem is that it’s expensive[1].

Not only that - it’s getting more expensive.

Not only that - it will never achieve economies of scale.

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3A3-Learning-curves-...