>Additionally, if there was a nationwide push to nuclear power, we'd have cheap, clean energy -- putting a sizable dent in both clean drinking water & climate c

>Additionally, if there was a nationwide push to nuclear power, we'd have cheap, clean energy -- putting a sizable dent in both clean drinking water & climate change at the same time. Nuclear power is prohibitively expensive even in a best-case scenario. All estimates that have indicated otherwise simply ignore most of the costs. Political decisions socialize the costs to the state and future generations. Even in the US. Read up on the current costs of closed plants like Rancho Seco in the US, recent developments around EDF in France, and the statements from Sweden's riksgalden for more info about this. TLDR, you are paying for closed nuclear plants already, and so will your great great great grandchildren. They will pay all their lives for plants that won't give them a single watthour of power. This is a monumentally bad idea IMO. How about we instead make a nationwide push on things like hydrogen gas from seawater and solar? When the hydrogen gas is burnt, it creates salt-free H2O as a byproduct, and in the meantime it's a good energy storage solution to solve the intermittence of renewables. Your grandchildren will praise you instead of curse you.