Not Smart
In that we live in a world full of humans, only a fool would bet that we have outgrown war. It may be impossible to calculate, with any factual basis, what the odds are for a future cataclysmic war, but my bet is that a credible number is between 99 and 100%. With this in mind, consider conventional nuclear power plants. They contain over 100 metric tones of fuel and at least a ton of high-level nuclear waste. In a future war, the 99 plants in the U.S. could be targeted as weapons against our own population. Now this may seem insignificant compared to the threat of a hydrogen bomb evaporating a city. However, a single nuclear plant would produce the fallout of a thousand bombs. And although the immediate casualties might outweigh the long-term environmental consequences, they actually may not outweigh them. Having said this, the important questions remain, "Is there any point in being concerned?" "If the threat of nuclear war exists independent of nuclear power plants,