re: #318 Aceofwhat?
How
Many
People
Have
Died(keep in mind that coal mining is your fallback option)
And yes, if i got enough money for the real estate, you could build a pebble-bed reactor in my backyard. Money = where my mouth is. My family would be just fine.
Pebble bed is the way to go.
In a hundred years there will be refrigerator-sized PB reactors about every four blocks in cities where Solar, Thermal, and Wind is not feasible.