It is unfortunate that it is the case that the nuclear industry has had a bad reputation for safety. Not all of this reputation has been deserved. The majority of nuclear reactors have functioned safely and effectively for their entire lifetimes. The two major nuclear accidents that occurred were both in old style reactors, made worse in one case by lax Russian safety standards. The reactors this paper is advocating are new reactors built to the highest safety standards. Such reactors have an impeccable safety record. Probably the best guarantee of safety standards in the nuclear industry is the increasing understandability with which the industry is presenting itself. Many of the problems in its early days were caused by excessive control by the government due to the application of nuclear energy for military applications.