The only reason ours is so dirty is because we purposely do it in an inefficient way to make bombs out of it. That’s not a mandatory part of nuclear power generation.

But we live in a nation dominated by a MIC, and that's not an issue we're going to be able to solve any time soon. Pushing for an energy source that can and will be used for more weapons to ravage the entire world with seems shortsighted in exchange for more power now, rather than developing the sources that don't provide the opportunity for perversion in the future.