Nukes aren't so bad...right?

The Mail and Guardian Online from Africa has an interesting piece about the international climate of acceptance regarding nuclear energy. Here's the problem: instead of taking Chernobyl and Three Mile Island as serious warnings of the danger of nuclear energy and working to find alternate energy sources, we've dragged out feet for two decades. We haven't developed any other viable energy options so, now that the fear (which is not illogical) that we all felt in the 80s and 90s has abated some and we think, "Oh, nuclear isn't so scary. We've got new technologies. It's completely safe." And what we're going to do is radiate ourselves right out of existence.