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Good point and Welcome to one of the best canoe camping sites anywhere. I suspect that eventually we will get there but there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding and paranoia regarding radiation in the US.

I think the misunderstanding and paranoia gets a big boost from the media and the growth of "blogs" on the Web.
The mostly Liberal media never met a negative story that it didn't love :(
If it bleeds, it leads is a media commandment.
The blogging phenomenon has increased the paranoia factor by allowing ANYONE qualified or not to spread half-truths or outright lies to bolster there case for whatever position they hold.
I'm not discounting the danger of radiation or nuclear power but every single advance by man has came at price and with a learning curve.
That's the price we pay for progress and in developing new technologies.
The ability to engineer and monitor complex and potentially dangerous technologies has never been greater and while there is always the danger of the technology outdistancing the ability to control it or calculate its impact, that's not a good enough reason to just ignore its benefits to mankind.
Every generation has wrestled with its doubts and fears but progress means learning from past mistakes and learning to balance the risk with the reward.
I mean if the FRENCH can embrace the nuclear power option and they have a problem with just about everything, then WE should take the lead and give the best of America's engineering and scientific minds the funds and freedom to usher a new energy age in, both nuclear and renewable and set us free from the Arab fossil fuel teat ;D