Non-technical people always say “ick”. Their first reaction has been “is there radiation? OMG WTF how can you even think of more reactors!!!!!!” It is hard to explain to them that there is more radiation in a banana (radioactive potassium) than they are likely going to get from a reactor. It has been hard to get past this. There was no before and after, I don’t think I ever got through to anybody really.
Now with Fukushima, I think they might have been right. The word “likely” suddenly changed…
I haven’t talked about fusion since I discovered this serious aneutronic work. Changing “are likely going to get” into “can get” might make all the difference.
