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 the safest forms of power generation [1] [2]. Like shark attacks, people's attention gravitates towards the exotic ways people meet their ends.1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/494425/death-rate-worldw...2. https://ourworldindata.org/nuclear-energy#what-are-the-safes...