@tamaki

The current regulations over nuclear exist precisely because there have been so many accidents and near-misses to prompt those safe-guards. Are much of them regulatory bloat? Yeah. But if history is any guide, it seems unlikely that slashing regulation isn’t going to reintroduce unacceptable risks. Modern nuclear reactor designs are indeed safer and do reduce meltdown risks, but consider that the modern threat profile has also evolved (autonomous drones and cyberattacks). Even a well designed reactor is a high-value target to terrorism or in war precisely because of the energy density of nuclear. A successful attack may not cause full meltdown, but still disrupt critical systems enough to create local or regional disasters. (Also consider that the costs to launch drone and cyber attacks is already relatively low and trending ever lower)

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