I'm quite familiar with the hazards of nuclear power. I'm also quite familiar with the hazards of using other means of power generation, which appear to be even more serious.

I don't see any alternative energy sources in the near future except for nuclear energy that will be able to satisfy an apparently incurable demand for energy. Parenthetically, it should be noted that coal burning releases a much greater amount of radioactive material into the atmosphere than does a fission power plane. And that reprocessing used nuclear waste--as is commonly done in other countries--- greatly reduces the need for extensive uranium mining.