I think it goes beyond political party. It sounds like a basic human level misunderstanding and lack of foresight. Also the understandable choice during the hey

I think it goes beyond political party. It sounds like a basic human level misunderstanding and lack of foresight. Also the understandable choice during the heyday to pick the one kind of nuclear power that created weapons as a by product. Unless I'm missing something. Is there a world-wide acceptance of nuclear power and only the USA is outstanding in their phobia? I honestly don't know, my understanding of world politics is a bit thin.