Alternate History Fear of Nuclear Power never took hold outside of its use as a Weapon?

[CarlManvers2019]

How would the world economy be affected in the long run without this fear of nuclear power from WWII onwards?

Regardless of political alignment, this fear is gone, how would things have gone all those decades

 

[Winston Bush]

Well nukes would’ve been used more that is for sure.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Well nukes would’ve been used more that is for sure.

I said outside of its use as a weapon

They still fear nuclear bombs

They just don’t have an extreme paranoia for nuclear meltdowns

 

[The Mandarin]

Utilities would be incredibly cheap for starters. There would probably be a push for more and more electrical conversions and a lot of Americans would be put out of work in coal and oil, a lot of people all over the world. The Middle East would lose a decent amount of its reason for why we tolerate their antics. Probably no electric cars though, that's still a stupid idea.

 

[Jarow]

Well, with no nuclear paranoia, environmentalist groups would probably be promoting nuclear power as a replacement for fossil fuels. So we'd almost certainly end up getting most of our power from nuclear power. Probably end up with less renewable technology (both in usage and development) as a result.

 

[CarlManvers2019]

Well, with no nuclear paranoia, environmentalist groups would probably be promoting nuclear power as a replacement for fossil fuels. So we'd almost certainly end up getting most of our power from nuclear power. Probably end up with less renewable technology (both in usage and development) as a result.

Well, we still have dispose of all the waste, I mean sewers and landfills cost money and that land and resources could be used elsewhere

 

[Aaron Fox]

Well, we still have dispose of all the waste, I mean sewers and landfills cost money and that land and resources could be used elsewhere

Funnily enough, that isn't exactly the case. Those 'waste rods' aren't really waste at all, just a neutron-absorbing coating on more fuel. All you have to do is get that coating off and you're golden.