Nuclear power: threat or menace?

[Matrix Dragon]

I laughed at a reporter the other day around here. They got an expert on nuclear engineering on their show and started asking about how doomed Japan is, because the evil nuclear plants are going to DOOM THEM ALL... Only to have the expert calmly explain the situation and what the Japanese government is doing. The reporter, failing to realize what an idiot she was making herself look like, actually kept going on about the DOOM. Hilarious, but kind of sad. Environmentalists keep demanding we do something about the dangers of and damage coal and gas power plants cause, but the one solution that has a chance of being consistently reliable makes them scream like little girls. Yes, Nuclear Power is dangerous. But the more I see, the more I suspect it's still better then any other option out there, not to mention nowhere near as evil as they claim.