Too much detail

If Australia falls for the shonky doublespeak that casts nuclear energy as not only safe but beneficial, we will be seeing more of this sign.

Personally, I prefer the simplicity of the trefoil by itself, but the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), who released the new symbol this week, claim that the big black fan (originally magenta) on a yellow background is insufficiently understood, having:

...no intuitive meaning and little recognition beyond those educated in its significance

Educate someone about a stark and simple form that can be recognised from a distance, or bombard them with clutter and use up time that could have been better spent running. Pretty clearcut to me what the preferred option is.

But hell, I'm such a symbol geek that I immediately recognise this. Probably should go and stencil it on the cathouse straight away, given its meaning is so intuitive and all, so the stream of curious passers-by that have taken to strolling down our street over the last couple of days appreciate the extent of the biohazard that they are exposing themselves to.