New nuclear reactor designs promise safe, clean electricity
I want to believe that the mainstream could accept nuclear again but I don&#x27;t have huge hopes. I&#x27;m French, we&#x27;ve been getting cheaper and cleaner electricity than our neighbors for a long time. Germany is about to open a coal plant (partially) to take over from one of the nuclear power plants we&#x27;re shutting down.<p>And yet, despite all that nuclear power is incredibly unpopular here and the vast majority of ecologists want to reduce our nuclear capacity more and more. I find it depressing personally. We&#x27;re at 75% now, apparently we&#x27;re on track to hit 50% by 2035. There&#x27;s nuclear waste and there&#x27;s a waste of nuclear.