FYI So Ted Cruz is running NASA. A win for anti-science!

My argument is that we, as a country, as an economy, and as a scientific community, have decided that solar and wind energy are better alternatives, regardless of what some half-baked idiots on the internet say.

People in the nuclear industry discount new reactors for both safety and viability.

People in the economy won't insure something that has the potential to irreparably pollute the commons shared by millions of people.

People in the country won't share land with any sort of nuclear reactor, "unmeltdownable" or otherwise.
Long term, solar and wind probably are better. But sustainable power generation with either are a LONG way off. We can have safe nuclear much closer to now.

Just because your family discount them doesn't mean there aren't a ton of highly educated, intelligent people working on building the actual technology as we speak.

People in the country need to be educated. Plain and simple.