There was construction starting on a nuclear plant, 15 miles from where I lived in 1975.
As our science class was about to start we were talking about that plant so close to where
we lived and some were saying if it blew up we'd all be killed. The science teacher (older man
in his 50's) heard us and when the bell rang he said we were not going to have class today, but
talk about nuclear energy.
In the course of an hour, he drew on the chalkboard (think analog whiteboard LOL), how a nuclear
power plant works, how the rods are controlled, safety, backups pretty much everything. (he was really
a smart teacher too!). By the time the class was over, no one in the class though of nuclear power in
a negative way. It's just a giant "steam engine" to turn generators.
That plant has been in operation since 1984.
And without any issues. It was upgraded in the early 2000's.