Chernobyl was poorly designed and improperly operated, but it dramatically shows the worst-case scenario. Chernobyl scattered tons of radioactive dust into the atmosphere. Spent fuel from nuclear power plants is toxic for centuries and, as yet, there is no safe permanent storage facility for it. Transporting nuclear fuel to and from plants poses some risk, although to date, the safety record in the U.S. has been good. These problems, at least in the U.S., have largely derailed the creation of new nulear power plants.
Society seems to have decided that the risks outweigh the rewards.
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