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>>19073951
I get that, and they are improving quite a lot. No one wants radiation poisoning. But honestly the west has very good nuclear power standards. The biggest obstacle with nuclear power isn't safety, it's that it is flat out not economically viable. Typically to build a reactor it takes a huge sum of money upfront and even after that they still cost more to run than coal or natgas.
Some countries use nuclear power bro. France makes the majority of their electricity with nuclear reactors and you never even hear about it (which is a good thing in this sort of industry).
That upfront cost bit is a large part of the reason smaller modular reactors that could be assembled and then shipped somewhere are being considered.