Although not the best comparison, oil industry has had some bad spills and other negative incidents. But oil is treated as too crucial of a resource to put too much restriction while nuclear power doesn't get much love.
This is part of the problem of having to rely on hype of general public with short attention span. I am all for higher safety standards on nuclear power. But when population loses interest, even critical technology will lack funding and research.
I wouldn't mind seeing some molten salt reactors[0] though.
On the other hand, China seems to think nuclear power is unavoidable.
"While the construction of new nuclear power plants has mostly stalled in industrial nations, China is pushing ahead to expand its nuclear power generation capacity.
China accounted for six of the eight new reactors where construction began in 2016 and the first three months of 2017."
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor
This is part of the problem of having to rely on hype of general public with short attention span. I am all for higher safety standards on nuclear power. But when population loses interest, even critical technology will lack funding and research.
I wouldn't mind seeing some molten salt reactors[0] though.
On the other hand, China seems to think nuclear power is unavoidable.
"While the construction of new nuclear power plants has mostly stalled in industrial nations, China is pushing ahead to expand its nuclear power generation capacity.
China accounted for six of the eight new reactors where construction began in 2016 and the first three months of 2017."
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[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molten_salt_reactor