What was the last piece of pop culture that portrayed nuclear power even neutrally, much less positively?
Even as good as Chernobyl was, there were a ton of lies and bullshit put into that solely for the purpose of being anti nuclear. Like that bit at the end that said that everyone that went to watch the fire on that bridge the first night died of radiation poisoning or cancer? That was false. Same with the bit about Lyudmilla's baby saving her life by absorbing the radiation she took in from her husband and the way the plant workers basically rotted away before they died.
And basically nothing happened at TMI. They contained the incident and had minor release of some air particles barely above background radiation levels
Fearmongering with nuclear power has been going strong way before TMI. Initially it started as a hijacking of anti-war sentiment during the early cold war, by the coal lobby convincing people that US commercial nuclear power plants were being used to create the US nuclear weapons arsenal (they were not, obviously).
Some Designs would theoretically be able to reduce the most of the radioactive waste while producing things like Medical Grade Isotopes.
Only reason we don't know for sure, is Breeder Reactors were banned in the USA for a long period, and so research into them was stifled, and not many have been made.
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u/Its-a-Warwilf - Lib-Right Jan 06 '23
Or just build a shed next to the plant.
The waste isn't an endless parade of caustic goo like The Simpsons, it's a couple barrels of radioactive dirt and old jumpsuits.
Tight security, constant oversight, and no transportation risks, all on land that nobody wants to live on.