For the most part, I'm pro nuclear power generation. It's mostly clean and can, when implemented correctly, be pretty darn safe compared to the hilariously bad for the planet fossil fuel power generation industry. That stuff is killing all of us, as well as poisoning our waters and air with pollution.
Yet, with the Department of Defense's (nee War) new nuclear reactor arriving in my home state of Utah, and subsequently being readied to be tested only two hours from Moab, as well as only a half hour from one of the most pristine elk, deer, and bear habitats in the state, I'm filled with concern over its implementation. Not because of the whole "Not in My Back Yard" (NIMBY), but because of the folks in charge of the test itself, and their complete lack of basic safety practices, past issues with Operational Security, and their general lack of seriousness.
The big kahuna of this whole mess being Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a man who's been shown repeatedly to be unsuited for the top job governing our nation's military. Yeah, he's not who I want running a nuclear test right near some of my favorite off-road trails and hunting grounds.
