BYU profs create new nuclear reactor to produce nuclear energy more safely
Certainly a safer reactor is strictly better. But keep in mind that nuclear power is already one of the safest, and by many metrics <i>the</i> safest forms of power generation [1] [2]. Like shark attacks, people's attention gravitates towards the exotic ways people meet their ends.<p>1. <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldwide-by-energy-source/" rel="nofollow">https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldw...</a><p>2. <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy#what-are-the-safest-sources-of-energy" rel="nofollow">https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy#what-are-the-safes...</a>