Nuclear power presents the perfect storm for negative public image:
- Environmental movement went anti-nuclear in the '70s for no particular reason.
- Fear Sells in the media. Nothing strikes fear like the invisible killer of radiation. Nuclear disasters get media attention like nothing else.
- Nuclear weapons are scary, and rightfully so. And they share a word in common with "nuclear power," so there you go.
Being tightly regulated and controlled by government makes an industry ripe for "corruption and greed" since it takes political connection and maneuvering to get things done.
It really is amazing, though, how much public image and politics can completely stall forward progress on a power source with so much promise.
- Environmental movement went anti-nuclear in the '70s for no particular reason.
- Fear Sells in the media. Nothing strikes fear like the invisible killer of radiation. Nuclear disasters get media attention like nothing else.
- Nuclear weapons are scary, and rightfully so. And they share a word in common with "nuclear power," so there you go.
Being tightly regulated and controlled by government makes an industry ripe for "corruption and greed" since it takes political connection and maneuvering to get things done.
It really is amazing, though, how much public image and politics can completely stall forward progress on a power source with so much promise.