Misuse of nuclear/biological weapons. That kinda sounds kinda odd, as that's what they were created to be used for, blowing the shit out of you and I'm glad about that they are not used.
And really, there is little to no point in being afraid of them. You can't do much, should you happen to hear that a Tsar bomb was just launched into your house. :P And also people might say nuclear energy can be used as alternative to coal for energy generation. There is little support across the world for building new nuclear reactors, a 2011 poll for the BBC indicates. Just 22% agreed that "nuclear power is relatively safe and an important source of electricity, and we should build more nuclear power plants". In contrast, 71% thought their country "could almost entirely replace coal and nuclear energy within 20 years by becoming highly energy-efficient and focusing on generating energy from the Sun and wind". Globally, 39% want to continue using existing reactors without building new ones, while 30% would like to shut everything down now.
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Solar and wind power are also pretty environmentally horrible. Just look at the byproducts of manufacturing solar panels, and the vast land use requirements. It's gotten to the point here that you can't look any direction without seeing wind generators, and seeing what they do to the land they are placed on (and there are other bad factors, too, such as the fact that they are all government subsidized-- with stolen money, of course-- because they don't pay their own way).
I believe ignorance is the main cause of people not wanting nuclear power generation, plus the fact that people mix the generators up with nuclear weapons. If you want electricity, there is going to be a downside.