Fissile Thorium Reactor

[Swiss Mercenary]

For me it is a combination of factors that still make me oppose nuclear reactors.

Danger; I know reactors are super safe but an accident happening in western Europe might just kill of the total economy of a country. The costs of 1 accident (apart from lives and environment) would be so huge that you can't talk about cheap anymore. So small risk, big impact once it goes wrong. And until we can commercialize superconducting electrical cables we need to put power stations close to were the consumers are....we can't put them all in the Sahara for example.

The consistent world-wide costs of coal power (Air pollution, global warming, health hazards) far out-weigh the highly unlikely possibility of a nuclear accident.

And don't kid yourself - solar cells won't be used for anything but pretty roof tiling, even in thirty years' time. We'll still be burning coal to meet the majority of our energy needs.