The problem with nuclear is that people are afraid of it. If we had spent the last 40 years trying to make it cheaper instead of trying to prevent accidents, it wouldn't be so expensive.
Fukushima was not a good example of “how to treat reports of damaged facility”. Goverment knew and did nothing.
Newer nuclear reactors are safe, but older designs are a ticking time bombs.
This claim has been extensively debunked in Hacker News yet.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukushima_Daiichi_nuclear_disa...
Deaths
0 from radiation,[3]
2,202 from evacuation,[4]
Non-fatal injuries
37 with physical injuries,[5]
2 workers taken to hospital with radiation burns[6][7]
For long-term displacement, many people (mostly sick and elderly) died at an increased rate[17] while in temporary housing and shelters. Degraded living conditions and separation from support networks[19] are likely contributing factors. As of 27 February 2017, the Fukushima prefecture government counted 2,129 "disaster-related deaths" in the prefecture."
While looking at the tsunami itself:
Casualties
15,899 deaths,[2] +2 (Overseas),
6,157 injured,[3]
2,529 people missingAye
This isn't a rational numbers game; if a nuclear plant goes, the effects last for decades.
I mean compare it with transport; airplanes are safer than cars because there's just so much more training and oversight involved. But if there's a car crash, it gets (at best) a byline in a local newspaper. If there's an airplane crash, it's world news. In the US alone, 35-40 thousand people die in vehicle fatalities per year; internationally, according to https://www.who.int/gho/road_safety/mortality/en/, it's 1.35 MILLION. Death toll from planes is less than 1000 per year, worldwide (https://www.statista.com/statistics/263443/worldwide-air-tra...). Don't take this as fact because I just googled for a few seconds, but car accidents cause more than 1000 times as many deaths as planes.
But planes get all the media attention and all the legislation, training, safety requirements, development, etc.
I'm not sure if I'm making an actual point here, but the tl;dr is that people will not be rational about their opinion on nuclear safety vs other forms of energy.