We've know how to build much safer reactors since Clinton (en.wikipedia.org)

Actually further back than that, see: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/03/14/1565013/future-of-i...

There a some broken or missing citations at key parts of the this article so I would love to hear rebuttals against the criticism section and also more detail about this phrase: "political and economic decisions were made to abandon the technology".

This is one of my favourite pieces of engineering /ever/. It's simple, elegant and beautiful.