I'd be ecstatic if that article was true.I read that same article, and I'm reserving enthusiasm... it sounds simply too good to be true. How stupid would we feel as humanity if we've been sitting on an energy source that is clean, cheap, safe, plentiful, and carbon neutral that we've KNOWN about since the 50s? It's an impossible proposition. That it didn't emerge during the oil crisis of the 70s, the electricity crises of the early 00s, or during any of the environmental/climate change debates of the last 5 years...
However, I have to point out the asshattery over the flu vaccine this year. Nuclear misinformation is a thousand times worse. I can see how those fears, combined with a regulatory regime and the defense budget clout could have conspired to bury the technology.
I'm not saying it's likely, but I can understand a plausible set of circumstances that could do it. Too Rickish?