Anything using radioactivity of any kind is evil, dontchaknow.
That's why British socialists oppose thorium research. Thorium reactors will consume nuclear waste and remove the biggest drawback to nuclear power. Therefore, thorium is the enemy. Look for upcoming U.S. opposition to thorium research.
Previously, the enemy became shale gas, since it would substitute for coal. Damage to aquifers was an issue invented after the fact, even though the industry had already put casing procedures in place to prevent damage: see MIT report commissioned by Obama's own DOE.
The object was/is to destroy capitalist society by starving it of energy.