I want the Navy’s approach to nuclear. Everyone responsible for running it has to live right next to it along with their families. The general manager of the nuclear plant should have a mansion right next to the damn thing. And so on in concentric circles with the lowest level janitors furthest away.

I want them all making every decision as if their lives, and the lives of their loved ones, all depend on them doing the right thing.

I’d include the politicians responsible for any decisions related to it too. Put it next to city hall and make the politicians live close to it too.

The citizens who benefit from the cheap power should also be forced to accept the risks that go along with that cheap power. No more NIMBYs sticking risky shit far from where they live and making it someone else’s problem if they decide to underfund the maintenance. Treat the power plants like a temple and put them in the city center so everyone knows how interwoven their lives are with both the benefits and the risks.

Too many people are doing too many dangerous things far from where they live. There is a deadly lack of skin in the game.