Nuclear power is a practical technology at this point. Politics is  
the only thing that
limits it.   Two issues to be settled.  Where to put the plants and  
where to put the waste.
If one looks at the figures dispassionately, nuclear plants have  
operated safely in most
locations.  They do cause deaths and the cost vs benefit ratios are  
acceptable.

( The above paragraph will make sense to those who realize that every  
activity has costs /
benefits and that most c/b can be quantized ... including the cost of  
a human life or the cost of
a human man-year of life. )

Output of nuclear plants can be in the form of electricity or  
hydrogen.  I expect in the future that
the ratio of power distribution will be about 50/50.   Hydrogen is  
portable and pipeable. <----new word
Electrical energy is portable and can be sent long distances via  
transmission lines.

It is all pretty simple if standard politics^1 disappeared.  Sadly,  
therein lies the rub.
Terrorism issues^2 are no different for nuclear than for other  
technologies.


^1   Greed, NIMBY, tribalism, socialism (see greed ), and alpha/beta/ 
omega pack behaviour.
^2   Terrorists are created by politics.  See ^1.  If state sponsored  
terrorism went away so would
small group terrorism go away.  Sigh !   Might as well wish for a  
marmalade moon.


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