Indeed, nuclear energy is a safer proposition now than ever before, but, for many people, the mere spectacle of an event like Fukushima – regardless of the outcome – is sufficient to draw the opposite conclusion. If a 747 crashed into a nuclear facility, we would be unlikely to hear calls for all airplanes to be outlawed, but the clamor for every reactor on the planet to be shut down immediately would probably be deafening.
事实上，如今和核能要比以前安全多了，但是，对很多人来说，一次类似福岛的大事故，不管最后结果怎样，便已足矣令他得出反对的结论。如果一家波音747撞上一个核设施，我们肯定不会听到取消其他飞机飞行的要求，但要求核电站的其他核反应堆全部立即关闭的声音将震耳欲聋。