Nuclear reactors are the best source of energy - they just need more research and improvement, and you can't do that without actually building and running some of them on a large scale.
The sun is one huge nuclear reactor, and recreating that wherever we need it is simply awesome. Thorium reactors look promising and if fusion becomes feasible within ~100 years, that would solve a lot of problems...
The so-called "catastrophes" are nothing compared to the lives lost on coal plants and the whole coal power chain. Let's not forget that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are bustling with life, Tokyo is doing just fine with that "deadly radiation" around them (all things considered, of course), and Chernobyl is actually very green (no pun intended - plants and trees are growing nicely, the only ugly stuff laying and rusting around is human-made)...
The sun is one huge nuclear reactor, and recreating that wherever we need it is simply awesome. Thorium reactors look promising and if fusion becomes feasible within ~100 years, that would solve a lot of problems...
The so-called "catastrophes" are nothing compared to the lives lost on coal plants and the whole coal power chain. Let's not forget that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are bustling with life, Tokyo is doing just fine with that "deadly radiation" around them (all things considered, of course), and Chernobyl is actually very green (no pun intended - plants and trees are growing nicely, the only ugly stuff laying and rusting around is human-made)...