re: #64 dwells38

I think there’s always been a green lobby against nuclear because of the fear of a China syndrome meltdown. Could mess up the enviornment pretty bad. However now that the French have succcessfully used it for decades I agree with you it’s time for a second look. Current technology might make the prospect of a 3 mile island or the unthinkable Chernobyl scenario practically impossible.

Nobody doubts that the technology exists that it could be done safely (or that our already existing nuclear plants have a good track record). What anti-nuke people worry about is with a massive expansion, deregulators may prevent strong safety measures from being enforced.

Another political difficulty with pushing for more nuclear energy… how do we do it without undermining our case for trying to prevent Iran from doing the same?