content: There's such a big stigma with nuclear power (not without good reason  No, there's a stigma behind it for absolutely no good reason at all.  It's perpetuated by p  ff8  eople who don't understand anything about the technology, yet feel obligated to "educate" the masses very loudly.  we've been hurt bad in the past by nuclear power)  Who is "we"?  While there have been various accidents and malfunctions at nuclear power plants, there have been so few fatalities that nuclear power could actually be considered safer than driving a car.