even if nuclear had no contamination horrors, this is no longer true. Hydrino energy is much more energy dense and will be the ubiquitous portable power source for the 21st century and beyond.
I do have high hopes about fusion and molten salt thorium is also up there as something I'd like to be further explored.
But currently nothing up and coming seems to compare to nuclear.
I just did a quick skim of the wikipedia page of that 'hydrino' stuff: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brilliant_Light_Power#Criticis....
I'm not an expert, but reading those criticisms makes me think this is nothing more than a money grab scheme without delivering anything usable for the past 30 years.
Also, this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24423103