[leftyted]

Is that what "safer" means? Fewer people died?

Nuclear reactors have the (demonstrated) potential to make a large swath of earth uninhabitable for thousands of years. "Air pollution" doesn't.

I hope we do build more nuclear. But I think you're understating the risks. And no, I'm not convinced by the "modern designs can't fail" argument. No system is immune to human stupidity (or human maliciousness).

[elproxy]

The CO2 we’re putting in the atmosphere from the combustion of fossil fuels will be there for 10000 years. Current nuclear waste is essentially harmless in a few centuries.

[bifrost]

I think you might need to read what people are writing about climate science then... They're talking about the end of days from air pollution.