[Regulator]

These idiots pining away for hydrogen cars who are violently anti-nuke

I agree. A little cognitive dissonance there. A lot of them live in L.A., which gets a significant amount of power from the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating plant West of Phoenix.

Hasn't gone critical yet. :^)

[Poohbah]

Actually, if Palo Verde hasn't gone critical yet, it hasn't generated any electricity yet.

When a reactor is said to be "critical," that means that the reactivity has exceeded the "critical" level needed to ensure that the reaction is self-sustaining.