What is needed is reliable, economical, power on-demand. Nuclear can do this if this country would just get its head out of its collective butt.
Just think how many nuke plants they could have built if they really wanted to jump start the economy with the $750 Billion in stimulus. They could have easily put up 100 plants, and displaced coal in the long term. All of the construction jobs, factories humming. No, we will spend it on the unions make work jobs and getting reelected.